'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
Separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts [syn: decompose, break up, break down]
verb
Collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack [syn: break down, collapse]

Synonyms of 'break down'

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