fissile /ˈfɪsˌaɪ.əl/ adjective3 •Able to be split. •Capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction.North Korea may soon have access to regular amounts of fissile material if it doesn’t already and could be preparing Punggye-ri for a number of nuclear tests if the above analysis is correct. — 2014 •Easily split along a grain. formsmore fissile · most fissile