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