Synonyms: break down, collapse
Definition: collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
Similar words: have, get, suffer, sustain
Definition: undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
Usage: She suffered a fracture in the accident; He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars; She got a bruise on her leg; He got his arm broken in the scuffle
Synonyms: decompose, break down, break up
Definition: separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
Similar words: separate
Definition: divide into components or constituents
Usage: Separate the wheat from the chaff
Synonyms: break, break down, die, conk out, go, go bad, give out, give way, fail
Definition: stop operating or functioning
Usage: The engine finally went; The car died on the road; The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town; The coffee maker broke; The engine failed on the way to town; her eyesight went after the accident
Similar words: change
Definition: undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
Usage: She changed completely as she grew older; The weather changed last night
Synonyms: break down, crush
Definition: make ineffective
Usage: Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: break down
Definition: cause to fall or collapse
Synonyms: break down, snap, lose it
Definition: lose control of one's emotions
Usage: When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely; When her baby died, she snapped
Similar words: act, behave, do
Definition: behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
Usage: You should act like an adult; Don't behave like a fool; What makes her do this way?; The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people
Synonyms: collapse, break down, crumble, crumple, tumble
Definition: fall apart
Usage: the building crumbled after the explosion; Negotiations broke down
Similar words: change integrity
Definition: change in physical make-up