as in wears out
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breaks down
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Their process uses an inexpensive catalyst that selectively breaks down the most common single-use kind of plastics into liquid oils and waxes that can be upcycled into lubricants and fuels.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
7 Sep. 2025 -
If a vehicle breaks down on the road, going out and servicing that is a big problem.—
James Morris,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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