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breakdown
Synonyms and Antonyms of breakdown
- If you don't ease your workload, you're going to have a breakdown.
- Turning the compost pile helps speed the breakdown.
- I want a detailed breakdown of the statistics.
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.
fall apart, go to seed (or run to seed)
- If we break the problem down into what appear to be three aspects of it, we'll 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]
blow one's cool, fall apart, go off the deep end, go to pieces, lose it
- The crew was breaking down the party tent when we arrived.
- Firefighters had to break down the wall to rescue the kitten.
Synonym Discussion of break down
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- analyzed the collected data
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- commentators dissected every word of the speech
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- break down the budget
Synonym Discussion of break down
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