Synonyms for breakdown
ˈbreɪkˌdaʊnbreak·down

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1. breakdownnoun

   Synonyms:
   degradation

2. breakdownnoun

   A failure, particularly mechanical; something that has failed

   We saw a breakdown by the side of the road.

   Synonyms:
   degradation

3. breakdownnoun

   A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability

   After so much stress, he suffered a breakdown and simply gave up.

   Synonyms:
   degradation

4. breakdownnoun

   Listing, division or categorization in great detail

   Looking at the breakdown of the budget, I see a few items we could cut.

   Synonyms:
   degradation

5. breakdownnoun

   Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.

   Synonyms:
   degradation

6. breakdownnoun

   A musical technique, by where the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, and can vary in heaviness depending on the genre

   Synonyms:
   degradation

7. breakdownnoun

   A loss of organization (of the parts of a system)

   Synonyms:
   degradation

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1. dislocation, breakdownnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   partitioning, dislocation, disruption, equipment failure, crack-up

2. breakdown, crack-upnoun

   a mental or physical breakdown

   Synonyms:
   partitioning, dislocation, equipment failure, crack-up

3. breakdown, equipment failurenoun

   a cessation of normal operation

   "there was a power breakdown"

   Synonyms:
   partitioning, dislocation, equipment failure, crack-up

4. breakdown, partitioningnoun

   an analysis into mutually exclusive categories

   Synonyms:
   sectionalisation, equipment failure, crack-up, partitioning, dislocation, division, partition, sectionalization, segmentation

Matched Categories

1. • Collapse
   • Disruption

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1. anomie

   the vacuum state of social or ethical standards.

   inappropriate cussing is a breakdown of our social standards.

   Submitted by anonymous on January 27, 2020  

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1. breakdownnoun

   Synonyms:
   downfall, collapse, crash

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1. List of paraphrases for "breakdown":

   ventilation, disaggregation, collapse, distribution, rupture, decomposition, drill-down, disintegration, failure, ventilating, break-up, allocation, break-down, apportionment, degradation, breakup, decay, break, disaggregate, breakage, venting, drilldown, breakdowns, disruption, breaking, breach, meltdown, disaggregated, fracture, dissolution, outage, deterioration, interruption

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1. Mayor James Knowles:

   We're looking at where the breakdown was and then we'll make changes accordingly.

2. Alessio Fasano:

   CORONAVIRUS IN THE US : STATE-BY-STATE BREAKDOWN The researchers found although children are less likely to get severely ill with the virus, they can easily spread it to vulnerable adults in their lives, especially if theyre in school. Roberta DeBiasi added that, based on other respiratory illnesses, children are known spreaders. The researchers also studied a rare infection that can result in heart problems fromthe childs immune response to the virus. This is a severe complication as a result of the immune response to COVID-19 infection, and the number of these patients is growing, and, as in adults with these very serious systemic complications, the heart seems to be the favorite organ targeted by post-COVID-19 immune response. She said the immune response complication should factor into vaccine production strategy. The researchers recommend wearing masks, social distancing, hand washing, a combination of in-person and remote learning and frequent testing if returning to school in the fall.

3. Joe Giacalone:

   I look at the policies, procedures and the people and see where there was a breakdown, in New York, if you had effective checks of the facility, maybe they would have found that huge hole those guys who escaped made.

4. Chuck Schumer:

   Republican leadership can't get its tumultuous president on board with anything, the breakdown of compromise is poisoning this Congress and it all comes down to President Trump.

5. Eva Reiner:

   I had a breakdown. I could not believe we'd get a letter of that nature so many years later.