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break down

verb

1 break down

Make ineffective:
— Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination.

synonym: crush.

2 break down

Make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features.

synonyms: analyse, analyze, dissect, take apart.

3 break down

Lose control of one's emotions.

synonyms: lose it, snap.

Dutch: afknappen

4 break down

Stop operating or functioning.

synonyms: break, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad.

Roget 304: 303, come short of, fall short of, stop short of, come short, fall short, stop short; not reach; want; keep within bounds, keep within the mark, keep within the compass.    break down, stick in the mud, ... show more

Dutch: overlijden, het laten afweten, afslaan, afspringen

5 break down

Fall apart.

synonyms: collapse, crumble, crumple, tumble.

Roget 162: be destroyed &c.; perish; fall to the ground; tumble, topple; go to pieces, fall to pieces; break up; crumble to dust; go to the dogs, go to the wall, go to smash, go to shivers, ... show more

Roget 732: fail; be unsuccessful etc. adj.; not succeed etc. 731; make vain efforts etc. n.; do in vain, labor in vain, toil in vain; flunk [U.S.]; ... show more

Dutch: uit elkaar vallen, instorten, inzakken

6 break down

Cause to fall or collapse.

Dutch: ontbinden

7 break down

Separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts.

synonyms: break up, decompose.

Dutch: ontbinden

8 break down

Collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack.

synonym: collapse.

Dutch: stukgaan


noun

Roget 162: destruction; waste, dissolution, breaking up; diruption, disruption; consumption; disorganization.    fall, downfall, devastation, ruin, perdition, crash; ... show more

adjective

Roget 659: unimproved etc. (improve) etc. 658; deteriorated etc. v.; altered, altered for the worse; injured etc. v.; ... show more

Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.

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