Main entry: break down, collapse
Definition: collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
Main entry: decompose, break down, break up
Definition: separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
Main entry: 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
Main entry: analyse, analyze, dissect, break down, take apart
Definition: make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
Usage: analyze a specimen; analyze a sentence; analyze a chemical compound
Main entry: break down, crush
Definition: make ineffective
Usage: Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination
Main entry: break down
Definition: cause to fall or collapse
Main entry: 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
Main entry: collapse, break down, crumble, crumple, tumble
Definition: fall apart
Usage: the building crumbled after the explosion; Negotiations broke down