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breakdownnoun a mental or nervous collapseif you don't ease your workload, you're going to have a breakdown crack-up, nervous breakdown, tailspin frazzle, freak-out, meltdownalarm(also alarum), anxiety, apprehension, disquietexcitability, nervousnessdisturbanceagitation, discomposure, perturbationbasket case aplomb, calmness, composure, coolness, imperturbability, placidity, self-possession, sereneness, serenity, tranquillity(or tranquility), tranquilness the process by which dead organic matter separates into simpler substancesthe breakdown of the body was arrested by the embalming process corruption, decay, decomposition, festering, putrefaction, putrescence, rot, spoilage crumbling, disintegration, dissolutioncurdling, fermentation, moldering, souring growth, maturation, ripening the separation and identification of the parts of a wholethe boss wanted a detailed breakdown of the sales figures analysis, anatomizing, anatomy, assay, deconstruction, dissection assessment, diagnosis, evaluation, examination, inspection, investigation, muster, scrutinyarrangement, assortment, cataloging(or cataloguing), categorization, classification, codification, indexingenumeration, inventory, itemization, tabulationdivision, reduction, segmentation, separation, subdivision agglomeration, aggregation, amalgamation, assimilation, coalescence, conglomeration, consolidation, integration, synthesis, unification to arrange or assign according to typewhen presented with the pile of files, the first thing he did was to break them down by month, order within the month, and region assort, categorize, class, classify, codify, compartment, compartmentalize, digest, distinguish, distribute, grade, group, peg, place, range, rank, relegate, separate, sort, type array, dispose, draw up, marshal(also marshall), order, organize, systematizealphabetize, catalog(or catalogue), file, index, list, referpigeonhole, shelveidentify, recognizecull, screen, set, sieve, sift, winnowclump, cluster, colligaterecategorize, reclassify, regroupsubcategorize confuse, disarrange, jumble, lump, mix (up), scramblemisclassify, missort, mistype to go through decompositionthe enamel of a human tooth will begin to break down when exposed to sugar for too long corrupt, decay, decompose, disintegrate, fester, foul, mold, molder, perish(chiefly British), putrefy, rot, spoil sour, turn, turn off(British)contaminate, defile, pollute, taintaddle, curdle, fermentmortifyrustcrumble, decline, degenerate, descend, deteriorate, dilapidate, sink, wither fall apart, go to seed(or run to seed) age, develop, grow, mature, ripenrefresh, renew, restorecleanse, purifyassemble, compose, integrateameliorate, better, improve, meliorate to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationshipsif we break the problem down into what appear to be three aspects of it, we'll have a better chance of solving it analyze, anatomize, assay, cut, deconstruct, dissect assess, diagnose, evaluate, examine, inspect, investigate, scrutinizearrange, assort, catalog(or catalogue), categorize, classify, codify, diagram, enumerate, index, order, schematize, sort, tabulatedivide, reduce, segment, separate, subdivide agglomerate, aggregate, amalgamate, assimilate, coalesce, conglomerate, consolidate, integrate, synthesize, unify to stop functioningthe computer finally broke down and had to be replaced break, conk (out), crash, cut out, die, fail, give out, stall fizzle, sputter, wheezeact up, malfunctionjam start (up) to yield to mental or emotional stressbegan to break down when he realized that he was on the verge of bankruptcy break up, crack, flip (out)(slang), freak (out), melt down, wig (out)(slang) choke blow one's cool, fall apart, go off the deep end, go to pieces, lose it to take apartthe crew was breaking down the party tent when we arrived demount, disassemble, dismantle, dismember, dismount, knock down, strike, take down detach, disengagebreak up, disaggregate, disarticulate, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissever, disunite, divide, separate assemble, construct build, erect, pitchcombine, unite to cause to break with violence and much noisefirefighters had to break down the wall to rescue the kitten crash, shatter, smash bust, fracture, fragmentannihilate, bash, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, nuke, pulverize, ruin, tear down, total, vaporize, waste, wrack, wreckshiver, splinter, splitcrack, crunch, crush, snap in the 14th century |