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breakdown
Synonyms and Antonyms of breakdown
- if you don't ease your workload, you're going to have a breakdown
- the breakdown of the body was arrested by the embalming process
- the boss wanted a detailed breakdown of the sales figures
break down
Synonyms and Antonyms of break down
- 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
assort, categorize, class, classify, codify, compartment, compartmentalize, digest, distinguish, distribute, grade, group, peg, place, range, rank, relegate, separate, sort, type
- the enamel of a human tooth will begin to break down when exposed to sugar for too long
sour, turn, turn off [British]
contaminate, defile, pollute, taint
crumble, decline, degenerate, descend, deteriorate, dilapidate, sink, wither
fall apart, go to seed (or run to seed)
- if we break the problem down into what appear to be three aspects of it, weʼll have a better chance of solving it
- the computer finally broke down and had to be replaced
- began to break down when he realized that he was on the verge of bankruptcy
break up, crack, flip (out) [slang], freak (out), melt down, wig (out) [slang]
- the crew was breaking down the party tent when we arrived
- firefighters had to break down the wall to rescue the kitten
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