| NOUN | act | breakdown, dislocation | the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue |
|---|---|---|---|
| state | breakdown, crack-up | a mental or physical breakdown | |
| process | breakdown, decomposition, rot, rotting, putrefaction | (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action | |
| event | breakdown, equipment failure | a cessation of normal operation | |
| cognition | breakdown, partitioning | an analysis into mutually exclusive categories |
| Sounds | brey'kdaw.n | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Allentown ... Youngstown: 56 rhymes with awn... | |
| Meaning | The act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London" | |
| Synonym | dislocation | |
| Broader | disruption, perturbation | The act of causing disorder |
| Spanish | alteración, dislocación | |
| Catalan | alteració | |
| Verbs | break down | make ineffective |
| Meaning | A mental or physical breakdown. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | crack-up | |
| Narrower | nervous breakdown | A severe or incapacitating emotional disorder |
| Broader | collapse, prostration | An abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion |
| Verbs | break down | collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack |
| break down | lose control of one's emotions | |
| Meaning | (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | decomposition, rot, rotting, putrefaction | |
| Category | biology, biological science | The science that studies living organisms |
| Broader | decay | The process of gradually becoming inferior |
| Spanish | descomposición, podredumbre, pudrición, pudrimiento, putrefacción | |
| Catalan | descomposició, podridura, putrefacció | |
| Verbs | break down | separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts |
| Meaning | A cessation of normal operation. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "there was a power breakdown" | |
| Synonym | equipment failure | |
| Narrower | brake failure | brakes fail to stop a vehicle |
| engine failure | engine does not run | |
| fault | (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.) | |
| misfire, dud | An explosion that fails to occur | |
| outage | A temporary suspension of operation (as of computers) | |
| power outage, power failure | equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails | |
| Broader | failure | An event that does not accomplish its intended purpose |
| Spanish | avería del equipo, avería, fallo | |
| Verbs | break down | stop operating or functioning |
| Meaning | An analysis into mutually exclusive categories. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | partitioning | |
| Narrower | resolution, resolving | Analysis into clear-cut components |
| Broader | analysis, analytic thinking | The abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations |
| Verbs | break down | make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of |
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