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Break down

Break down Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Break down? [v] collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack [v] separate into constituent elements or parts, as of chemical substances [v] stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" [v] make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; "analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound" [v] make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination" [v] cause to fall or collapse [v] lose control of one's emotions; "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely" [v] fall apart; also used metaphorically; "Negociations broke down" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Break down: analyse \| analyze \| break \| break up \| collapse \| collapse \| conk out \| crumble \| crumple \| crush \| decompose \| die \| dissect \| fail \| give out \| give way \| go \| go bad \| lose it \| take apart \| tumble Related Terms \| Find terms related to Break down: afflict \| aggrieve \| alphabetize \| analyze \| anatomize \| anguish \| arrange \| assay \| assort \| bawl \| beat down \| bend \| blow \| blow down \| blubber \| boohoo \| break \| break up \| bring down \| bring low \| bring to tears \| bring to terms \| bulldoze \| burn down \| burn out \| burst into tears \| cast down \| catalog \| categorize \| cave in \| chop down \| class \| classify \| codify \| collapse \| come to naught \| come to nothing \| conk out \| conquer \| crack up \| crumble \| crush \| cry \| cut down \| cut up \| decompose \| desolate \| digest \| disintegrate \| dissect \| dissolve in tears \| divide \| draw tears \| droop \| drop \| drop a tear \| embitter \| faint \| fall down \| fall flat \| fall in \| fall through \| fatigue \| fell \| file \| fizzle out \| flag \| flatten \| founder \| gasp \| get bogged down \| get hung up \| get mired \| get tired \| give out \| go haywire \| go kaput \| go wrong \| grade \| greet \| grieve \| group \| grow weary \| humble \| humiliate \| index \| inundate \| jade \| knock down \| knock over \| level \| list \| master \| molder \| mow down \| oppress \| order \| overmaster \| overwhelm \| pack up \| pant \| peg out \| peter out \| pigeonhole \| place \| play out \| poop out \| prostrate \| puff \| puff and blow \| pull down \| putrefy \| quell \| range \| rank \| rase \| rate \| raze \| reduce \| reduce to elements \| resolve \| rot \| run down \| run out \| segment \| separate \| shed tears \| sink \| smash \| snivel \| sob \| sorrow \| sort \| spoil \| steamroller \| subdivide \| subdue \| succumb \| suppress \| sway \| tabulate \| taint \| take down \| tear down \| throw down \| tire \| topple \| topple down \| topple over \| torment \| totter \| trample underfoot \| tread underfoot \| turn \| type \| tyrannize \| unman \| weary \| weep \| wheeze \| whimper \| wilt See Also \| act \| alter \| behave \| blow \| blow out \| botanise \| botanize \| break \| break down \| burn out \| bust \| change \| change \| change integrity \| collapse \| crack \| crash \| crumble \| crumple \| die \| dissociate \| dissolve \| do \| fall apart \| fall over \| go down \| go over \| go to pieces \| malfunction \| misfire \| misfunction \| parse \| separate \| tumble

Break down Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Break down?

[v] collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
[v] separate into constituent elements or parts, as of chemical substances
[v] stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"
[v] make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; "analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound"
[v] make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"
[v] cause to fall or collapse
[v] lose control of one's emotions; "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely"
[v] fall apart; also used metaphorically; "Negociations broke down"

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