break down
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Definitions
Verb
make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"
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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"
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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"
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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"
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fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"
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cause to fall or collapse
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separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
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collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
Synonyms
analyse
analyze
break
break up
collapse
conk out
crumble
crumple
crush
decompose
die
dissect
fail
give out
give way
go
go bad
lose it
snap
take apart
tumble