Synonyms for breakdown
ˈbreɪkˌdaʊnbreak·down

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1. breakdownnoun

   Synonyms:
   degradation

2. breakdownnoun

   A failure, particularly mechanical; something that has failed

   We saw a breakdown by the side of the road.

   Synonyms:
   degradation

3. breakdownnoun

   A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability

   After so much stress, he suffered a breakdown and simply gave up.

   Synonyms:
   degradation

4. breakdownnoun

   Listing, division or categorization in great detail

   Looking at the breakdown of the budget, I see a few items we could cut.

   Synonyms:
   degradation

5. breakdownnoun

   Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.

   Synonyms:
   degradation

6. breakdownnoun

   A musical technique, by where the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, and can vary in heaviness depending on the genre

   Synonyms:
   degradation

7. breakdownnoun

   A loss of organization (of the parts of a system)

   Synonyms:
   degradation

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1. dislocation, breakdownnoun

   the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue

   "the social dislocations resulting from government policies"; "his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London"

   Synonyms:
   partitioning, dislocation, disruption, equipment failure, crack-up

2. breakdown, crack-upnoun

   a mental or physical breakdown

   Synonyms:
   partitioning, dislocation, equipment failure, crack-up

3. breakdown, equipment failurenoun

   a cessation of normal operation

   "there was a power breakdown"

   Synonyms:
   partitioning, dislocation, equipment failure, crack-up

4. breakdown, partitioningnoun

   an analysis into mutually exclusive categories

   Synonyms:
   sectionalisation, equipment failure, crack-up, partitioning, dislocation, division, partition, sectionalization, segmentation

Matched Categories

1. • Collapse
   • Disruption

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1. anomie

   the vacuum state of social or ethical standards.

   inappropriate cussing is a breakdown of our social standards.

   Submitted by anonymous on January 27, 2020  

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1. breakdownnoun

   Synonyms:
   downfall, collapse, crash

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1. List of paraphrases for "breakdown":

   ventilation, disaggregation, collapse, distribution, rupture, decomposition, drill-down, disintegration, failure, ventilating, break-up, allocation, break-down, apportionment, degradation, breakup, decay, break, disaggregate, breakage, venting, drilldown, breakdowns, disruption, breaking, breach, meltdown, disaggregated, fracture, dissolution, outage, deterioration, interruption

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1. New Jersey:

   These are changes we advocated long before the George Washington Bridge lane closures, we've now seen a breakdown at the agency become a national scandal, top level staffers within state government and Port Authority of New York resign, and a federal investigation is under way. She added :.

2. Chris Rock:

   You get to reset, it's not a breakdown, but something in your life broke down.

3. Jordan CNN Jordan:

   We have to be concerned about a next intifada (uprising), and if that happens, that’s a complete breakdown of law and order and one that neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians will benefit from. I think there is a lot of concern from all of us in the region, including those in Israel that are on our side on this issue, to make sure that doesn’t happen.

4. John Sawers:

   We are going through a political nervous breakdown here in the UK. We have potential prime ministers being elected by the Conservative Party now, (and) in the shape of the leader of the opposition, who do not have the standing that we have become used to in our top leadership, whether people can develop that when they become prime minister, we will have to wait and see, in terms of the candidates for the Conservative leadership.

5. Ronald David Laing:

   Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through. It is potential liberation and renewal as well as enslavement and existential death.