'break down' definitions:
Definition of 'break down'
(from WordNet)
verb
Make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination" [syn: break down, crush]
verb
Make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; "analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound" [syn: analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart] [ant: synthesise, synthesize]
verb
Lose control of one's emotions; "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely"; "When her baby died, she snapped" [syn: break down, lose it, snap]
verb
Stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" [syn: fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down]
verb
Fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down" [syn: crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse]
verb
Cause to fall or collapse
verb
verb
Collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack [syn: break down, collapse]
Synonyms of 'break down'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afflict,
- aggrieve,
- alphabetize,
- analyze,
- anatomize,
- anguish,
- arrange,
- assay,
- assort,
- bawl,
- beat down,
- bend,
- blow,
- blow down,
- blubber,
- boohoo,
- break,
- break up,
- bring down,
- bring low,
- bring to tears,
- bring to terms,
- bulldoze,
- burn down,
- burn out,
- burst into tears,
- cast down,
- catalog,
- categorize,
- cave in,
- chop down,
- class,
- classify,
- codify,
- collapse,
- come to naught,
- come to nothing,
- conk out,
- conquer,
- crack up,
- crumble,
- crush,
- cry,
- cut down,
- cut up,
- decompose,
- desolate,
- digest,
- disintegrate,
- dissect,
- dissolve in tears,
- divide,
- draw tears,
- droop,
- drop,
- drop a tear,
- embitter,
- faint,
- fall down,
- fall flat,
- fall in,
- fall through,
- fatigue,
- fell,
- file,
- fizzle out,
- flag,
- flatten,
- founder,
- gasp,
- get bogged down,
- get hung up,
- get mired,
- get tired,
- give out,
- go haywire,
- go kaput,
- go wrong,
- grade,
- greet,
- grieve,
- group,
- grow weary,
- humble,
- humiliate,
- index,
- inundate,
- jade,
- knock down,
- knock over,
- level,
- list,
- master,
- molder,
- mow down,
- oppress,
- order,
- overmaster,
- overwhelm,
- pack up,
- pant,
- peg out,
- peter out,
- pigeonhole,
- place,
- play out,
- poop out,
- prostrate,
- puff,
- puff and blow,
- pull down,
- putrefy,
- quell,
- range,
- rank,
- rase,
- rate,
- raze,
- reduce,
- reduce to elements,
- resolve,
- rot,
- run down,
- run out,
- segment,
- separate,
- shed tears,
- sink,
- smash,
- snivel,
- sob,
- sorrow,
- sort,
- spoil,
- steamroller,
- subdivide,
- subdue,
- succumb,
- suppress,
- sway,
- tabulate,
- taint,
- take down,
- tear down,
- throw down,
- tire,
- topple,
- topple down,
- topple over,
- torment,
- totter,
- trample underfoot,
- tread underfoot,
- turn,
- type,
- tyrannize,
- unman,
- weary,
- weep,
- wheeze,
- whimper,
- wilt
Words containing 'break down'
- Break,
- Breaking,
- To break,
- To break down,
- To break from,
- To break in,
- To break into,
- To break of,
- To break off,
- To break off from,
- To break out,
- To break over,
- To break through,
- To break up,
- To break with,
- break in,
- break into,
- break off,
- break out,
- break through,
- break up,
- break with,
- breaking off,
- breaks,
- Break-up,
- Hammer break,
- Make and break,
- Sabbath breaking,
- To break a code,
- To break a deer,
- To break a house,
- To break a jest,
- To break a lance,
- To break a path,
- To break a stag,
- To break away,
- To break bulk,
- To break cover,
- To break fast,
- To break forth,
- To break gates,
- To break ground,
- To break in upon,
- To break jail,
- To break joints,
- To break loose,
- To break no squares,
- To break open,
- To break out a cargo,
- To break sheer,
- To break squares,
- To break the back,
- To break the heart,
- To break the heart of,
- To break the ice,
- To break the neck,
- To break the neck of,
- To break the record,
- To break upon,
- To break wind,
- To-break,
- break apart,
- break away,
- break bread,
- break camp,
- break dance,
- break dancer,
- break dancing,
- break even,
- break forth,
- break ground,
- break loose,
- break of day,
- break of serve,
- break of the day,
- break open,
- break seal,
- break short,
- break the ice,
- break the law,
- break the news,
- break water,
- break wind,
- break-in,
- breaking and entering,
- breaking away,
- breaking ball,
- breaking point,
- breaking wind,
- coffee break,
- fast break,
- service break,
- spring break,
- tax break,
- tea break,
- Break-circuit,
- Stone-break,
- To break one's fast,
- To break upon a wheel,
- Wind-break,
- break one's back,
- break someone's heart,
- break-axe,
- break-dance,
- code-breaking,
- fast-breaking,
- law-breaking,
- prison-breaking,
- record-breaking,
- arduous backbreaking back-breaking grueling gruelling hard heavy laborious labourious punishing slavish strenuous toilsome