Cryptic crossword clue
Punch a fragile thing 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CHINA

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The straight part

We know that "fragile thing" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fragile thing = china.

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What does CHINA mean?

1. The plant Smilax china, a liana of much of eastern Asia.

1. A plant or flower of the repeat-blooming Chinese rose species Rosa chinensis.
2. A plant or flower of one of the class of hybrids developed from Rosa chinensis.
3. Synonym of elderflower rose, Rosa cymosa.

1. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, native to east Asia.

1. Chinaware: porcelain tableware.
2. Cheaper and lower-quality ceramic and ceramic tableware, distinguished from porcelain.
3. Synonym of cheyney: worsted or woolen stuff.
4. Tea from China, varieties cured by smoking or opposed to Indian cultivars.
5. (games) A glazed china marble.
6. A kind of drum cymbal approximating a Chinese style of cymbal, but usually with Turkish influences.

1. A small gastropod (Monetaria moneta, syn. Cypraea moneta) common in the Indian Ocean; its shell.
2. (by extension) Any gastropod of the genus Cypraea; its shell.
3. (by extension) Any gastropod of the family Cypraeidae; its shell.

1. A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
2. An associate who provides assistance.
3. A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted.
4. A person who backs or supports something.
5. An object or idea that can be used for good.
6. (used only in the vocative) Used as a form of address when warning someone.
7. A function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class.
8. A spring-loaded camming device.
9. A lover; a boyfriend or girlfriend.
10. A relative, a relation by blood or marriage.

1. A fine clay, rich in kaolinite, used in ceramics, paper-making, etc.

1. (usually uncountable) A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often such a material as a symbol of the fragility, elegance, etc. traditionally associated with porcelain goods.
2. (now usually plural) An object made of porcelain, art objects or items of tableware.
3. (often capitalized) A kind of pigeon with deep brown and off-white feathers.

1. Small beads made from polished shells, especially white ones, formerly used as money and jewelry by certain Native American peoples.
2. A string of such beads.
3. Money.

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