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dislocation, breakdown(noun)

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"

breakdown, crack-up(noun)

a mental or physical breakdown

breakdown, equipment failure(noun)

a cessation of normal operation

"there was a power breakdown"

breakdown, partitioning(noun)

an analysis into mutually exclusive categories

a mental or nervous collapse

if you don't ease your workload, you're going to have a breakdown

the process by which dead organic matter separates into simpler substances

the breakdown of the body was arrested by the embalming process

the separation and identification of the parts of a whole

the boss wanted a detailed breakdown of the sales figures

to arrange or assign according to type

when presented with the pile of files, the first thing he did was to break them down by month, order within the month, and region

to go through decomposition

the enamel of a human tooth will begin to break down when exposed to sugar for too long

to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships

if we break the problem down into what appear to be three aspects of it, we'll have a better chance of solving it

to stop functioning

the computer finally broke down and had to be replaced

to yield to mental or emotional stress

began to break down when he realized that he was on the verge of bankruptcy

to take apart

the crew was breaking down the party tent when we arrived

to cause to break with violence and much noise

firefighters had to break down the wall to rescue the kitten

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