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The definition of break down

14 Definitions of: break down

    1. verb, to cease to function; become ineffective
    2. verb, to yield or cause to yield, esp to strong emotion or tears
    3. verb, to crush or destroy
    4. verb, to have a nervous breakdown
    5. verb, to analyse or be subjected to analysis
    6. verb, to separate or cause to separate into simpler chemical elements; decompose
    7. verb, to saw (a large log) into planks
    8. verb, break it down a) stop it b) don't expect me to believe that; come off it
    9. noun, an act or instance of breaking down; collapse
    10. noun, short for nervous breakdown
    11. noun, an analysis or classification of something into its component parts
    12. noun, the sudden electrical discharge through an insulator or between two electrodes in a vacuum or gas discharge tube
    13. noun, electrical engineering the sudden transition, dependent on the bias magnitude, from a high to a low dynamic resistance in a semiconductor device
    14. noun, a lively American country dance
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Synonyms: stop, conk out (informal), fail, collapse, fall through, crack up (informal)
 

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