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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How to use breakdown in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. Simon Coveney:

   Real Q: Does UKG actually want an agreed way forward or a further breakdown in relations?

3. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy:

   There was a breakdown over the last decade, these are hard lessons learned, but we're trying to dig out quickly.

4. 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.

5. Omar Mahmood:

   I expected backlash, but this is something else, last night I pretty much had a breakdown. I can’t take my final exams -- that has been postponed to next year. And I hate to be dramatic, but this is almost at a breaking point, where this has been going on for a month and I have not been able to focus on things.