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| VERB | 1 | break down, analyze, analyse, dissect, take apart | Make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of |
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| 2 | break down, crush | Make ineffective | |
| 3 | break down, lose it, snap | Lose control of one's emotions | |
| 4 | break down, fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break | Stop operating or functioning | |
| 5 | break down, decompose, break up | Separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts | |
| 6 | break down, crumble, crumple, tumble, collapse | Fall apart | |
| 7 | break down | Cause to fall or collapse | |
| 8 | break down, collapse | Collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack |
| Meaning | Make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of. Break down into components or essential features. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | analyze, analyse, dissect, take apart |
| Contrary | synthesize, synthesise |
| See also | break |
| Narrower | parse; botanize, botanise |
| Nouns | breakdown |
| Meaning | Make ineffective. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination" |
| Synonyms | crush |
| Broader | change, alter, modify |
| Nouns | breakdown |
| Meaning | Lose control of one's emotions. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Model | Sam and Sue break down |
| Synonyms | lose it, snap |
| Broader | act, behave, do |
| Narrower | dissolve; die; fall apart, go to pieces |
| Nouns | breakdown |
| Meaning | Stop operating or functioning. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Model | These cars won't break down |
| Synonyms | fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break |
| Similar to | break; die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it |
| Broader | change |
| Narrower | crash, go down; blow out, burn out, blow; misfire; malfunction, misfunction |
| Nouns | breakdown |
| Meaning | Separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | decompose, break up |
| Category | chemistry, chemical science |
| Broader | separate |
| Narrower | digest; dissociate; crack |
| Meaning | Fall apart. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Synonyms | crumble, crumple, tumble, collapse |
| Caused by | break down |
| Broader | change integrity |
| Meaning | Cause to fall or collapse. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Model | They want to break down the doors |
| Cause to | crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse |
| Broader | break, bust |
| Meaning | Collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Model | Sam and Sue break down |
| Synonyms | collapse |
| Broader | suffer, sustain, have, get |
| Narrower | fall over, go over |
| Nouns | breakdown |
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