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'breakdown' - used as a noun
1. the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London
2. a mental or physical breakdown
3. a cessation of normal operation
there was a power breakdown
4. an analysis into mutually exclusive categories

'breakdown' - used as a verb
5. make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
6. make ineffective
Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination
7. lose control of one's emotions
8. stop operating or functioning
The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town
9. separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
10. fall apart
Negotiations broke down
11. cause to fall or collapse
12. collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
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