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noun(break-down)the action or result of breaking down: such as
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noun(break-down)a failure to function
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noun(break-down)failure to progress or have effect : disintegration
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verb(break-down)to cause to fall or collapse by breaking or shattering
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verb(break-down)to make ineffective
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verb(break-down)to divide into parts or categories
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noun(break-down)an area along the side of a highway where vehicles are able to stop for an emergency
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noun(break-down)a truck with special equipment on the back of it to tow away vehicles : tow truck
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noun(break-down)an attack of mental or emotional disorder especially when of sufficient severity to require hospitalization
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idiom(break-down)to separate (something) into (simpler substances)
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idiom(break-down)to become separated into simpler substances
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idiom(break-down)to divide (something into (parts or groups)