break down

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive, usually) To stop functioning.
2. (intransitive) To unexpectedly collapse, physically or in structure.
3. (transitive) To intentionally demolish; to pull down.
4. (intransitive) To fail, especially socially or for political reasons.
5. (idiomatic, intransitive) To give in or give up: relent, concede, surrender.
6. (ergative, figuratively) To render or to become unstable due to stress, to collapse physically or mentally.
7. (ergative, figuratively) To render or to become weak and ineffective.
8. (ergative) To (cause to) decay, to decompose.
9. To separate into a number of parts.
10. (ergative, figuratively) To divide into parts to give more details, to provide a more indepth analysis of.
11. (ergative) To digest.

Noun

Misspelling of breakdown.

Synonyms

break

collapse

break up

decompose

fail

disintegrate

conk out

fall in

demolish

crush

give out

fall

tumble

separate

snap

cut out

analyze

go bad

disperse

go

crack up

die

💀

stop working

give way

take apart

crash

fracture

resolve

damage

ruined

crumple

crumble

break open

pack up

pull down

raze

shatter

kick off

break off

knock down

come apart

diffuse

harm

mistreat

flop

dissect

destroyed

drop

destroy

analyse

Translations

crollare

zusammenbrechen

s’effondrer

desmoronarse

tomber en panne

einstürzen

desplomarse

niederreißen

démolir

derribar

derruir

derrumbar

s’écrouler

derrocar

fallar