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US
/ˈbɹeɪkˌdaʊn/
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[ UK /bɹˈeɪkdaʊn/ ]
[ UK /bɹˈeɪkdaʊn/ ]
NOUN
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a cessation of normal operation
there was a power breakdown - a mental or physical breakdown
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the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London
the social dislocations resulting from government policies - (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
- an analysis into mutually exclusive categories
How To Use breakdown In A Sentence
- All the signs are today that one of the basic problems preventing people co-operating together for the common good is the breakdown of neighbourly society.
- Both sides blamed each other for the breakdown of talks.
- After a time teaching drama in borstals, prisons and community centres, he suffered two more breakdowns until one day, while sitting on a bus, his persistent angst, dread and fear of failure simply evaporated.
- Valerian also inhibits the enzyme-induced breakdown of GABA in the brain, with concomitant sedation.
- While knowing total expenditures in lobbying is good I would like to see some breakdown as to where all of that money is going, to see exactly whose pockets are filling as a result of the largess being spread around. Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » $3.47 billion spent. Did you get a pony?
- The Canadian deck crew chocked and chained the helicopter, we transferred the parts, and signaled for breakdown.
- It's hard to say whether this is a hangover from the breakdown or just his incredible nervous energy finding an outlet.
- The rise in crime is often cited as evidence of a general breakdown of authority.
- The precautionary motive. Unforeseen circumstances can arise, such as a car breakdown.
- The retinal pigment epithelium, which is the outer layer of the retina, fails to carry out its function as a result of which there is accumulation of the breakdown products.
