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Synonyms for breakdown
ˈbreɪkˌdaʊnbreak·down
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Wiktionary
breakdownnoun
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degradationbreakdownnoun
A failure, particularly mechanical; something that has failed
We saw a breakdown by the side of the road.
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degradationbreakdownnoun
A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability
After so much stress, he suffered a breakdown and simply gave up.
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degradationbreakdownnoun
Listing, division or categorization in great detail
Looking at the breakdown of the budget, I see a few items we could cut.
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degradationbreakdownnoun
Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.
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degradationbreakdownnoun
A musical technique, by where the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, and can vary in heaviness depending on the genre
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degradationbreakdownnoun
A loss of organization (of the parts of a system)
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degradation
Princeton's WordNet
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"
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partitioning, dislocation, disruption, equipment failure, crack-upbreakdown, crack-upnoun
a mental or physical breakdown
Synonyms:
partitioning, dislocation, equipment failure, crack-upbreakdown, equipment failurenoun
a cessation of normal operation
"there was a power breakdown"
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partitioning, dislocation, equipment failure, crack-upbreakdown, partitioningnoun
an analysis into mutually exclusive categories
Synonyms:
sectionalisation, equipment failure, crack-up, partitioning, dislocation, division, partition, sectionalization, segmentation
Matched Categories
Editors Contribution
anomie
the vacuum state of social or ethical standards.
inappropriate cussing is a breakdown of our social standards.
PPDB, the paraphrase database
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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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#1147 | division | |
#1219 | distribution | |
#1618 | break | |
#2278 | failure | |
#2666 | breaking | |
#5488 | allocation | |
#7052 | collapse | |
#7864 | breakdown | |
#8256 | partition | |
#9001 | breach | |
#10134 | decay | |
#10709 | ventilation | |
#11185 | degradation | |
#14595 | fracture | |
#14991 | decomposition | |
#15079 | disruption | |
#15936 | segmentation | |
#17400 | interruption | |
#17507 | dissolution | |
#18311 | deterioration | |
#19682 | partitioning | |
#20662 | outage | |
#24292 | rupture | |
#29142 | breakup | |
#30162 | venting | |
#31174 | breakage | |
#31178 | apportionment | |
#32885 | meltdown | |
#34106 | dislocation | |
#35196 | breakdowns | |
#38113 | disintegration | |
#48748 | ventilating | |
#50292 | disaggregated | |
#77445 | disaggregation | |
#109090 | disaggregate | |
#142769 | drilldown |
How to use breakdown in a sentence?
We continue to go through the report and talk about where the breakdown was.
It's always been a classless vehicle, it could be driven by the gamekeeper on the estate or it could be driven by the landowner, or the garage-owner with the breakdown truck and the fire brigade.
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.
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.
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.
Translations for breakdown
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- انفصالArabic
- разкъсване, повреда, колапс, разчленяване, счупване, анализ, аварияBulgarian
- Panne, Nervenzusammenbruch, Aufschlüsselung, BetriebsstörungGerman
- βλάβη, κατάρρευση, διαίρεση, ταξινόμηση, ανάλυση, κλονισμόςGreek
- avería, desglose, panne, descompostura, ataque de nervios, colapso nervioso, panaSpanish
- murtuminen, rikkoontuminen, erittely, breikki, hajoaminen, vika, romahdus, hajottaminen, rikkoutuminenFinnish
- dégradation, crise de nerfs, panne, détailFrench
- avariaItalian
- 故障Japanese
- panne, defect, zenuwinstorting, stilstand, ineenstorting, uitsplitsing, afbraak, opsplitsing, instorting, opdeling, inzakking, openbreking, mankementDutch
- awariaPolish
- colapso, avariaPortuguese
- поломка, аварияRussian
- havária, poruchaSlovak
- sammanbrott, nedbrytningSwedish
- خرابیUrdu
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