What is another word for breakdown?
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
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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?
Japan's insistence on this in the Six Party Talks (in the 2000s) was one of the factors that eventually led to a breakdown in those talks, many people wondered why the fate of a few dozen Japanese was more important than getting North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons.
It's a lesson that is really important for the modern day, when we are faced with all the crises of climate breakdown, rising inequality, and biodiversity loss.
A breakdown of communication led to a completely uncoordinated and ineffective combined response that could have resulted in serious injury or property damage.
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 :.
I am going on day 4 in the hospital after developing a very serious condition called Rhabdomyolysis. You should google it and read about it, its crazy. It basically can occur when you overwork a muscle group and the muscle begins to breakdown into your blood stream. It can severely damage kidneys pretty quickly and as most of you know I have a kidney transplant which was a big concern.
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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