Which risk significantly escalates when a dielectric's thickness diminishes sharply within a high-voltage capacitor?

💡 Explanation

Catastrophic failure occurs because intense electric fields initiate **dielectric breakdown** within thinner regions, leading to uncontrolled discharge; therefore, dielectric breakdown accelerates rapidly when thickness reduces, rather than improvements since thinner dielectrics fail more easily.

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