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break down

/ break down /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
Type of:
suffer sustain have
Kinds of:
fall over go over
Derived:
collapse breakdown crack-up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 2
make ineffective
"Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"
Type of:
change alter modify
Derived:
dislocation breakdown
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 3
cause to fall or collapse
Type of:
break bust
Causes:
crumble crumple tumble
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 4
lose control of one''s emotions
"When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely"
"When her baby died, she snapped"
Type of:
act behave do
Kinds of:
dissolve die fall apart go to pieces
Derived:
breakdown crack-up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 5
separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
Type of:
separate
Kinds of:
digest dissociate crack
Derived:
decomposition decomposition reaction
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Domain:
chemistry chemical science
verb Sense 6
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"
Opposites:
synthesize synthesise
Kinds of:
parse botanize botanise
Derived:
dissection breakdown partitioning analyzer analyser
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 7
fall apart
"the building crimbled after the explosion"
"Negociations broke down"
Type of:
change integrity
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 8
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"
Type of:
change
Kinds of:
crash go down blow out burn out blow
Derived:
breakdown equipment failure failure
Verb group:
die decease perish go exit
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Semantic Complexity
94%
Sense Count
8
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
58
Times Searched
3
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suffer sustain have fall over go over change alter modify break bust act behave