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breaks downverbpresent tense third-person singular of break down 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 assorts, categorizes, classes, classifies, codifies, compartmentalizes, compartments, digests, distinguishes, distributes, grades, groups, pegs, places, ranges, ranks, relegates, separates, sorts, types arrays, disposes, draws up, marshals(also marshalls), orders, organizes, systematizesalphabetizes, catalogs(or catalogues), files, indexes, lists, referspigeonholes, shelvesidentifies, recognizesculls, screens, sets, sieves, sifts, winnowsclumps, clusters, colligatesrecategorizes, reclassifies, regroupssubcategorizes confuses, disarranges, jumbles, lumps, mixes (up), scramblesmisclassifies, missorts, mistypes to go through decompositionthe enamel of a human tooth will begin to break down when exposed to sugar for too long corrupts, decays, decomposes, disintegrates, festers, fouls, molders, molds, perishes(chiefly British), putrefies, rots, spoils sours, turns, turns off(British)contaminates, defiles, pollutes, taintsaddles, curdles, fermentsmortifiesrustscrumbles, declines, degenerates, descends, deteriorates, dilapidates, sinks, withers falls apart, goes to seed(or runs to seed) ages, develops, grows, matures, ripensrefreshes, renews, restorescleanses, purifiesassembles, composes, integratesameliorates, betters, improves, meliorates 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 analyzes, anatomizes, assays, cuts, deconstructs, dissects assesses, diagnoses, evaluates, examines, inspects, investigates, scrutinizesarranges, assorts, catalogs(or catalogues), categorizes, classifies, codifies, diagrams, enumerates, indexes, orders, schematizes, sorts, tabulatesdivides, reduces, segments, separates, subdivides agglomerates, aggregates, amalgamates, assimilates, coalesces, conglomerates, consolidates, integrates, synthesizes, unifies to stop functioningthe computer finally broke down and had to be replaced breaks, conks (out), crashes, cuts out, dies, fails, gives out, stalls fizzles, sputters, wheezesacts up, malfunctionsjams starts (up) to yield to mental or emotional stressbegan to break down when he realized that he was on the verge of bankruptcy breaks up, cracks, flips (out)(slang), freaks (out), melts down, wigs (out)(slang) chokes blows one's cool, falls apart, goes off the deep end, goes to pieces, loses it to take apartthe crew was breaking down the party tent when we arrived demounts, disassembles, dismantles, dismembers, dismounts, knocks down, strikes, takes down detaches, disengagesbreaks up, disaggregates, disarticulates, disconnects, disjoins, disjoints, dissevers, disunites, divides, separates assembles, constructs builds, erects, pitchescombines, unites to cause to break with violence and much noisefirefighters had to break down the wall to rescue the kitten crashes, shatters, smashes busts, fractures, fragmentsannihilates, bashes, decimates, demolishes, desolates, destroys, devastates, nukes, pulverizes, ruins, tears down, totals, vaporizes, wastes, wracks, wrecksshivers, splinters, splitscracks, crunches, crushes, snaps |