Dictionary and Thesaurus

Definition of Break Down

• (verb) collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
• (verb) separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
• (verb) 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"
• (verb) 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"
• (verb) make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"
• (verb) cause to fall or collapse
• (verb) 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"
• (verb) fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"

Synonyms of Break Down

• Crush
• Analyze
• Analyse
• Dissect
• Take Apart
• Lose It
• Snap
• Fail
• Go Bad
• Give Way
• Die
• Give Out
• Conk Out
• Go
• Break
• Crumble
• Crumple
• Tumble
• Collapse
• Decompose
• Break Up
• Collapse

Antonyms of Break Down

• Synthesize

Homophones of Break Down