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break down
Overview of noun break-down
The noun breakdown has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (5) dislocation, breakdown -- (the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue; "the social dislocations resulting from government policies"; "his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London")
2. breakdown, crack-up -- (a mental or physical breakdown)
3. breakdown, equipment failure -- (a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown")
4. breakdown, partitioning -- (an analysis into mutually exclusive categories)
Overview of verb break-down
The verb break down has 8 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (5) analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart -- (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")
2. (3) break down, crush -- (make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination")
3. (2) break down, lose it, snap -- (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")
4. (2) fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down -- (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")
5. (2) decompose, break up, break down -- (separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts)
6. (1) crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse -- (fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down")
7. break down -- (cause to fall or collapse)
8. break down, collapse -- (collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun break-down
4 senses of breakdown
Sense 1
dislocation, breakdown
=> disruption, perturbation
=> disturbance
=> motion, movement, move, motility
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
breakdown, crack-up
=> collapse
=> illness, unwellness, malady, sickness
=> ill health, unhealthiness, health problem
=> pathological state
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
breakdown, equipment failure
=> failure
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
breakdown, partitioning
=> analysis, analytic thinking
=> reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thought
=> thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation
=> higher cognitive process
=> process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun break-down
3 of 4 senses of breakdown
Sense 2
breakdown, crack-up
=> nervous breakdown
Sense 3
breakdown, equipment failure
=> brake failure
=> engine failure
=> misfire, dud
=> outage
=> power outage, power failure
=> fault
Sense 4
breakdown, partitioning
=> resolution, resolving
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun break-down
4 senses of breakdown
Sense 1
dislocation, breakdown
=> disruption, perturbation
Sense 2
breakdown, crack-up
=> collapse
Sense 3
breakdown, equipment failure
=> failure
Sense 4
breakdown, partitioning
=> analysis, analytic thinking
Antonyms of noun break-down
Member Holonyms of noun break-down
Substance Holonyms of noun break-down
Part Holonyms of noun break-down
Member Meronyms of noun break-down
Substance Meronyms of noun break-down
Part Meronyms of noun break-down
Meronyms of noun break-down
Holonyms of noun break-down
Attributes of noun break-down
Derived Forms of noun break-down
4 senses of breakdown
Sense 1
dislocation, breakdown
RELATED TO>(verb) break down#2
=> break down, crush
Sense 2
breakdown, crack-up
RELATED TO>(verb) break down#3
=> break down, lose it, snap
RELATED TO>(verb) break down#8
=> break down, collapse
Sense 3
breakdown, equipment failure
RELATED TO>(verb) break down#4
=> fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
Sense 4
breakdown, partitioning
RELATED TO>(verb) break down#1
=> analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart
Domain of noun break-down
Domain Terms of noun break-down
Familiarity of noun break-down
breakdown used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun break-down
4 senses of breakdown
Sense 1
dislocation, breakdown
> disruption, perturbation
=> dislocation, breakdown
=> surprise, surprisal
Sense 2
breakdown, crack-up
> collapse
=> breakdown, crack-up
=> shock
Sense 3
breakdown, equipment failure
> failure
=> downfall, ruin, ruination
=> flame-out
=> malfunction
=> miscarriage, abortion
=> miss, misfire
=> flop, bust, fizzle
=> malformation, miscreation
=> breakdown, equipment failure
=> defeat, licking
Sense 4
breakdown, partitioning
> analysis, analytic thinking
=> breakdown, partitioning
=> cost-benefit analysis
=> dissection
=> elimination, reasoning by elimination
=> reductionism
=> systems analysis
=> trend analysis
Meronyms of noun break-down
4 senses of breakdown
Holonyms of noun break-down
Antonyms of verb break-down
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb break-down
8 senses of break down
Sense 1
analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart
Sense 2
break down, crush
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 3
break down, lose it, snap
=> act, behave, do
Sense 4
fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
=> change
Sense 5
decompose, break up, break down
=> separate
=> change integrity
=> change
Sense 6
crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse
=> change integrity
=> change
Sense 7
break down
=> break, bust
=> destroy, ruin
Sense 8
break down, collapse
=> suffer, sustain, have, get
=> experience, receive, have, get, undergo
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb break-down
5 of 8 senses of break down
Sense 1
analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart
=> parse
=> botanize, botanise
Sense 3
break down, lose it, snap
=> dissolve
=> die
=> fall apart, go to pieces
Sense 4
fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
=> crash, go down
=> blow out, burn out, blow
=> misfire
=> malfunction, misfunction
Sense 5
decompose, break up, break down
=> digest
=> dissociate
=> crack
Sense 8
break down, collapse
=> fall over, go over
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb break-down
8 senses of break down
Sense 1
analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart
Sense 2
break down, crush
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 3
break down, lose it, snap
=> act, behave, do
Sense 4
fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
=> change
Sense 5
decompose, break up, break down
=> separate
Sense 6
crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse
=> change integrity
Sense 7
break down
=> break, bust
Sense 8
break down, collapse
=> suffer, sustain, have, get
'Cause To' of verb break-down
1 of 8 senses of break down
Sense 7
break down
=> crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse
Derived Forms of verb break-down
5 of 8 senses of break down
Sense 1
analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart
RELATED TO>(noun) breakdown#4
=> breakdown, partitioning
Sense 2
break down, crush
RELATED TO>(noun) breakdown#1
=> dislocation, breakdown
Sense 3
break down, lose it, snap
RELATED TO>(noun) breakdown#2
=> breakdown, crack-up
Sense 4
fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
RELATED TO>(noun) breakdown#3
=> breakdown, equipment failure
Sense 8
break down, collapse
RELATED TO>(noun) breakdown#2
=> breakdown, crack-up
Domain of verb break-down
1 of 8 senses of break down
Sense 5
decompose, break up, break down
TOPIC>(noun) chemistry#1, chemical science#1
Domain Terms of verb break-down
Familiarity of verb break-down
break down used as a verb is common (polysemy count =8)
Sample Sentences of verb break-down
8 senses of break down
Sense 1
analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
break down, crush
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
break down, lose it, snap
EX: Sam and Sue break down
Sense 4
fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
EX: These cars won't break down
Sense 5
decompose, break up, break down
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 6
crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse
*> Something ----s
Sense 7
break down
EX: They want to break down the doors
Sense 8
break down, collapse
EX: Sam and Sue break down
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb break-down
7 of 8 senses of break down
Sense 2
break down, crush
> change, alter, modify
=> awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
=> cause to sleep
=> affect
=> refresh, freshen, refreshen
=> inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
=> indispose
=> cry
=> etiolate
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> opalize, opalise
=> arterialize, arterialise
=> make, get
=> counterchange, transpose, interchange
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn
=> etiolate
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise
=> allegorize, allegorise
=> demythologize, demythologise
=> bring, land
=> coarsen
=> affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
=> alchemize, alchemise
=> alcoholize, alcoholise
=> shape, form
=> round off, round down, round out, round
=> suspend
=> sober
=> reconstruct
=> increase
=> ease up, ease off, let up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> commute, convert, exchange
=> vitalize, vitalise
=> unclutter, clear
=> activate
=> activate
=> activate, aerate
=> activate
=> inactivate, deactivate
=> deaden, blunt
=> remodel, reconstruct, redo
=> edit, redact
=> edit, cut, edit out
=> tame, chasten, subdue
=> chasten, moderate, temper
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
=> wet
=> dry, dry out
=> lubricate
=> strengthen, beef up, fortify
=> spike, lace, fortify
=> weaken
=> blunt
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> unite, unify, merge
=> age
=> ripen, mature
=> antique, antiquate
=> antiquate
=> develop, make grow
=> soften
=> damage
=> ossify
=> acerbate
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> habituate, accustom
=> disorder, disarray
=> discolor
=> color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
=> stain
=> hue
=> uglify
=> untune
=> adjust, set, correct
=> set
=> disqualify, unfit, indispose
=> domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
=> widen
=> dehydrogenate
=> hydrogenate
=> oxygenize, oxygenise
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten up, lighten
=> blur, blear
=> obscure, bedim, overcloud
=> obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide
=> cook
=> slenderize, slenderise
=> crack
=> dissolve, dismiss
=> end, terminate
=> demist, defog
=> condense, concentrate, contract
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, heat up
=> warm
=> boil
=> freeze
=> blister
=> switch, change over, shift
=> transpose
=> convert, change over
=> transform
=> transform
=> transform
=> transmute
=> transform, transmute, transubstantiate
=> ash
=> translate, transform
=> reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify
=> convert
=> Islamize, Islamise
=> turn back, invert, reverse
=> invert
=> customize, customise
=> personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise
=> depersonalize, depersonalise, objectify
=> sharpen
=> flatten, drop
=> disintegrate
=> magnetize, magnetise
=> demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss
=> simplify
=> complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
=> refine
=> complicate, perplex
=> supercharge, pressurize, pressurise
=> centralize, centralise, concentrate
=> decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise
=> socialize, socialise
=> fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
=> internationalize, internationalise
=> communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> bestialize, bestialise
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> Frenchify
=> civilize, civilise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> denationalize, denationalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> even, even out
=> equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
=> stiffen
=> loosen, loose
=> tighten, fasten
=> transitivize, transitivise
=> detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise
=> thicken, inspissate
=> full
=> diversify
=> deaden
=> check, retard, delay
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise
=> solvate
=> dissolve
=> validate
=> invalidate, void, vitiate
=> empty
=> fill, fill up, make full
=> saturate
=> clot, coagulate
=> louden
=> normalize, normalise, renormalize, renormalise
=> morph
=> neutralize, neutralise
=> commercialize, commercialise, market
=> purify, purge, sanctify
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> automatize, automatise, automate
=> automatize, automatise
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> harmonize, harmonise, chord
=> polarize, polarise
=> glorify
=> contaminate
=> devalue
=> insulate
=> calcify
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> emulsify
=> demulsify
=> decarboxylate
=> nazify
=> fertilize, fecundate, fertilise
=> clarify
=> embrittle
=> mark
=> barb
=> nick
=> disable, disenable, incapacitate
=> enable
=> de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress
=> tender, tenderize, tenderise
=> charge
=> sweeten
=> iodinate
=> ionate
=> archaize, archaise
=> inform
=> officialize, officialise
=> occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise
=> orientalize, orientalise
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> achromatize, achromatise
=> parallel, collimate
=> camp
=> classicize, classicise
=> conventionalize, conventionalise
=> decimalize, decimalise
=> dizzy
=> poison, envenom
=> exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify
=> glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise
=> introvert
=> laicize, laicise
=> politicize, politicise
=> radicalize
=> proof
=> romanticize, romanticise
=> rusticate
=> sauce
=> shallow, shoal
=> tense
=> steepen
=> scramble
=> unscramble
=> unsex
=> vitrify
=> pall
=> saponify
=> extend, expand
=> suspend, set aside
=> muddy
=> transform
=> lift, raise, elevate
=> harshen
=> dinge
=> demonize, demonise
=> devilize, devilise, diabolize, diabolise
=> etherealize, etherialise
=> immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise
=> animize, animise, animate
=> clear
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> rarefy, sublimate, subtilize
=> volatilize, volatilise
=> uniformize, uniformise
=> symmetrize, symmetrise
=> immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise
=> denature
=> denature
=> denature
=> sanitize, sanitise
=> verbify
=> shift
=> sputter
=> draw
=> make
=> dope
=> prostrate
=> excite
=> excite, energize, energise
=> shake
=> outmode
=> spice, spice up
=> shorten
=> think
=> make
=> deflate
=> inflate
=> reflate
=> digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise, effeminize, erreminise, womanize
=> masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise
=> masculinize
=> disharmonize, dissonate
=> sexualize, sexualise
=> schematize, schematise
=> patent
=> constitutionalize, constitutionalise
=> rationalize, rationalise
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> rarefy
=> paganize, paganise
=> incandesce
=> deaminate, deaminize
=> angulate
=> circularize
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> depolarize, depolarise
=> intensify
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> legitimate
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> opacify
=> opsonize
=> militarize, militarise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> recommend
=> sentimentalize, sentimentalise
=> solemnize, solemnise
=> territorialize, territorialise
=> transaminate
=> transfigure, glorify, spiritualize
=> unsanctify
=> vesiculate
=> visualize, visualise
=> variegate
=> ventilate
=> vivify
=> vulgarise, vulgarize
=> supple
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> smut
=> still
=> weaponize
=> eroticize, sex up
=> piggyback
=> confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate
=> confuse
=> tone down, moderate, tame
=> obfuscate
=> synchronize, synchronise
=> mince, soften, moderate
=> militarize, militarise
=> break down, crush
=> fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
=> touch, disturb
=> dull
=> dull, blunt
=> sharpen
=> coarsen
=> loosen
=> untie, undo, loosen
=> barb
=> string
=> straighten, straighten out
=> bring
=> mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
=> charge
=> put
=> clean, make clean
=> dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
=> lower, depress
=> deform
=> break, break up
=> alter
=> decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
=> humanize, humanise
=> humble
=> estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect
=> right
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> deodorize, deodorise, deodourise
=> develop
=> blur
=> blind
=> change intensity
=> change taste
=> capture
=> lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
=> restore, reinstate, reestablish
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> right, compensate, redress, correct
=> democratize, democratise
=> neutralize
=> corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
=> relax, loosen
=> unite, unify
=> flocculate
=> turn
=> make possible
=> cohere
Sense 3
break down, lose it, snap
> act, behave, do
=> act involuntarily, act reflexively
=> fall over backwards, bend over backwards
=> presume
=> vulgarize, vulgarise
=> optimize, optimise
=> quack
=> menace
=> make
=> swagger, bluster, swash
=> freeze
=> wanton
=> romanticize
=> sentimentalise, sentimentalize, sentimentize, sentimentise
=> bungle
=> play, toy
=> act, play, act as
=> stooge
=> joke, jest
=> piffle
=> make
=> make as if
=> break down, lose it, snap
=> dally, dawdle
=> backslap
=> hugger mugger
=> sauce
=> footle
=> frivol, trifle
=> swell, puff up
=> follow
=> relax, loosen up
=> ramp, rage, storm
Sense 4
fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
> change
=> freshen, refresh, refreshen, freshen up
=> dress, get dressed
=> grow, develop, produce, get, acquire
=> regenerate
=> gel
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> creolize
=> mutate
=> have, experience
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> roll, roll up
=> glaze, glass, glass over, glaze over
=> turn, grow
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> change by reversal, turn, reverse
=> change integrity
=> change shape, change form, deform
=> form
=> change state, turn
=> adjust, conform, adapt
=> rise, jump, climb up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> dissimilate
=> change magnitude
=> modify
=> deaden
=> break
=> decay, crumble, delapidate
=> mold, mildew
=> hydrate
=> dry, dry out
=> strengthen
=> distill, distil
=> deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce
=> crack
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> oxidise, oxidize, oxidate
=> grow
=> mellow, melt, mellow out
=> soften
=> ionize, ionise
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> lighten, lighten up
=> discolor, discolour, colour, color
=> discolor
=> narrow, contract
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten
=> dim
=> crack, check, break
=> transpire
=> resume, take up
=> change surface
=> sublime, sublimate
=> cool, cool off, cool down
=> warm up
=> warm, warm up
=> transform, transmute, metamorphose
=> convert
=> dull
=> complexify, ramify
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> modernize, modernise, develop
=> stiffen
=> tighten
=> fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
=> give way, yield
=> harden, indurate
=> harden, indurate
=> suffuse
=> hush
=> normalize, normalise
=> reorient
=> purify
=> digest
=> regress
=> foul
=> decalcify
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> decarboxylate
=> spot
=> receive, get, find, obtain, incur
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take
=> prim
=> capacitate
=> caseate
=> caseate
=> clinker
=> cure
=> dawn
=> salinate
=> desalinate, desalt, desalinize, desalinise
=> shallow, shoal
=> steepen
=> superannuate
=> ulcerate
=> vitrify
=> vulcanize, vulcanise
=> pall, dull
=> die, pall, become flat
=> saponify
=> move, go, run
=> come
=> catch
=> catch on
=> develop, grow
=> fly
=> develop, acquire, evolve
=> assibilate
=> smoothen
=> turn on
=> drop
=> break into
=> deepen, change
=> concretize, concretise
=> decay
=> commute, transpose
=> introject
=> shift
=> swing
=> fall
=> fall
=> reflate
=> hydrolyze, hydrolyse
=> fold, fold up
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> felt, felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, mat
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise
=> obsolesce
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> recede
=> defervesce
=> incandesce
=> calcify
=> drift
=> play out
=> conjugate
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> indurate
=> gradate
=> keratinize, keratinise
=> opacify
=> mature
=> rejuvenate
=> sequester
=> transaminate
=> vesiculate
=> undulate
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> crash
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> shift
=> flip, flip out
=> gum
=> synthesize
=> come round, come around
=> promote
=> separate, divide, part
=> format, arrange
=> fall for
=> move up, rise
=> change posture
=> settle
=> collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
=> solarize, solarise
=> occult
=> pass
=> leave, depart, pull up stakes
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> stratify
=> democratize, democratise
=> relax, loosen
=> reticulate
=> flocculate
=> carbonate
=> come in
=> go out
=> stagnate
=> make
=> ice up, frost over, ice over
Sense 5
decompose, break up, break down
> separate
=> decompose, break up, break down
=> dialyse, dialyze
=> peptize, peptise
=> macerate
=> tease, card
=> filter, filtrate, strain, separate out, filter out
=> extract
=> fractionate
=> fractionate
=> sift, sieve, strain
=> wash
=> avulse
Sense 6
crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse
> change integrity
=> reform
=> polymerize, polymerise
=> polymerize, polymerise
=> explode, burst
=> explode, detonate, blow up, set off
=> cook
=> break up, disperse, scatter
=> break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
=> pasteurize, pasteurise
=> condense
=> evaporate, vaporize, vaporise
=> burn, incinerate
=> blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge
=> disintegrate
=> disintegrate, decay, decompose
=> thicken, inspissate
=> gasify, vaporize, vaporise, aerify
=> liquefy, flux, liquify
=> solidify
=> solidify
=> crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise
=> dissolve, resolve, break up
=> demulsify
=> jellify, jelly
=> jellify
=> separate
=> crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse
=> divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up
Sense 7
break down
> break, bust
=> break down
Sense 8
break down, collapse
> suffer, sustain, have, get
=> break down, collapse
=> crack up, crack, crock up, break up, collapse
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb break-down
Sense 1
analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart
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Sense 2
break down, crush
=> change, alter, modify
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Sense 3
break down, lose it, snap
=> act, behave, do
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Sense 4
fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
=> change
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Sense 5
decompose, break up, break down
=> separate
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Sense 6
crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse
=> change integrity
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Sense 7
break down
=> break, bust
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Sense 8
break down, collapse
=> suffer, sustain, have, get
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