break downs
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(intransitive, of a machine, computer, vehicle, etc.) To stop functioning.
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(intransitive) To unexpectedly collapse, physically or in structure.
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(intransitive) To fail, especially socially or for political reasons.
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(intransitive, idiomatic) To give in or give up: relent, concede, surrender.
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(transitive) To intentionally demolish; to pull down.
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(ergative, figuratively) To render or to become unstable due to stress, to collapse physically or mentally.
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(ergative, figuratively) To render or to become weak and ineffective.
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(ergative) To (cause to) decay, to decompose.
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To separate into a number of parts.
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(ergative, figuratively) To divide into parts to give more details, to provide a more indepth analysis of.
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(ergative) To digest.
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Misspelling of breakdown. [(countable) A failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature.]
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