The present participle or continuous form of embrittle; the ongoing process of making something brittle.
From 'embrittle' with the '-ing' suffix, creating the gerund or present participle form used in progressive tenses.
Climate scientists worry about permafrost embrittling the ground in Arctic regions—as it freezes and thaws repeatedly, the soil loses structural integrity, causing buildings to sink and infrastructure to fail.
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