Definition of break down

verb (v)

• make ineffective (verb.competition)

  Synonym: crush
  

  Example:
  Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination.
  

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• make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features (verb.cognition)

  Synonym: analyse, analyze, dissect, take apart
  Antonym: synthesise, synthesize
  

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• lose control of one's emotions (verb.emotion)

  Synonym: lose it, snap
  

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• stop operating or functioning (verb.change)

  Synonym: break, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad
  

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• fall apart (verb.motion)

  Synonym: collapse, crumble, crumple, tumble
  

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• cause to fall or collapse (verb.contact)

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• separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts (verb.change)

  Synonym: break up, decompose
  

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• collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack (verb.body)

  Synonym: collapse
  

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