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Definition of 'break down' Verb
- make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; "analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound"
Synonyms: analyze analyse dissect take apart
Antonyms: synthesize synthesise - make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"
Synonyms: crush - lose control of one's emotions; "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely"; "When her baby died, she snapped"
Synonyms: lose it snap - stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"
Synonyms: fail go bad give way die give out conk out go break - separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
Synonyms: decompose break up - fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"
Synonyms: crumble crumple tumble collapse - cause to fall or collapse
- collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
Synonyms: collapse
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