BREAKDOWN as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
   Synonym(s)
   • dislocation (what does dislocation mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the social dislocations resulting from government policies
   • his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London
   Hypernyms(s) breakdown is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • disruption (what does disruption mean?)
   • perturbation (what does perturbation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • break down (what does break down mean?)
   • crush (what does crush mean?)
   • dislocate (what does dislocate mean?)
   • displace (what does displace mean?)
2. Meaning
   • an analysis into mutually exclusive categories
   Synonym(s)
   • partitioning (what does partitioning mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) breakdown is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • analysis (what does analysis mean?)
   • analytic thinking (what does analytic thinking mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • resolution (what does resolution mean?)
   • resolving (what does resolving mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • analyze (what does analyze mean?)
   • analyse (what does analyse mean?)
   • break down (what does break down mean?)
   • dissect (what does dissect mean?)
   • take apart (what does take apart mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a cessation of normal operation
   Synonym(s)
   • equipment failure (what does equipment failure mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • there was a power breakdown
   Hypernyms(s) breakdown is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • failure (what does failure mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • brake failure (what does brake failure mean?)
   • engine failure (what does engine failure mean?)
   • misfire (what does misfire mean?)
   • dud (what does dud mean?)
   • outage (what does outage mean?)
   • power outage (what does power outage mean?)
   • power failure (what does power failure mean?)
   • fault (what does fault mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • fail (what does fail mean?)
   • go bad (what does go bad mean?)
   • give way (what does give way mean?)
   • die (what does die mean?)
   • give out (what does give out mean?)
   • conk out (what does conk out mean?)
   • go (what does go mean?)
   • break (what does break mean?)
   • break down (what does break down mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a mental or physical breakdown
   Synonym(s)
   • crack-up (what does crack-up mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) breakdown is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • collapse (what does collapse mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • nervous breakdown (what does nervous breakdown mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • crack up (what does crack up mean?)
   • crack (what does crack mean?)
   • crock up (what does crock up mean?)
   • break up (what does break up mean?)
   • collapse (what does collapse mean?)
   • break down (what does break down mean?)
   • lose it (what does lose it mean?)
   • snap (what does snap mean?)
   • break down (what does break down mean?)
   • collapse (what does collapse mean?)