Antonyms 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

Matched Categories

1. • Collapse
   • Disruption

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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

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1. breakdownnoun

   Synonyms:
   downfall, collapse, crash

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1. upliftment

   upliftment is to make something more stronger or in simple words to increase. so breakdown can actually be the opposite of that which means to decrease.

   his parents think about his upliftment. but he always making it a breakdown.

   Submitted by drmolla135 on October 26, 2020  

How to use breakdown in a sentence?

1. Jeremy Stretch:

   The threat of a breakdown in negotiations for now at least has been averted, though of course the president continues to persist with some of his comments regarding the COVID outbreak, but at least from the trade side it looks as though the participants involved have dialled down the temperature a little bit.

2. Zhou Hao:

   While headline growth looks fine, the breakdown of the figures points to overall weakness in the economy, all in all, we believe that China will experience a 'bumpy landing' in the coming year.

3. Bertrand Russell:

   One of the signs of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.

4. Hu Jia:

   You can hear her fear, desperation and even breakdown in the audio clip, as her friends, we feel her pain and helplessness.

5. Charles Krauthammer:

   They want the deal. They want to say, look what we've accomplished - we've stretched the breakdown from two months to a year, and also to generate alarm, to say, we have to do this, because the Iranians are so close to acquiring a bomb.

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