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synonyms for break down

  • break
  • conk out
  • fail
  • function go on the blink
  • improperly
  • jam
  • malfunction
  • not work
  • stall
  • stop running
  • dissect
  • evaluate
  • examine
  • inspect
  • investigate
  • scrutinize
  • lay bare
  • think through
  • analyze
  • clear up
  • define
  • formulate
  • interpret
  • resolve
  • simplify
  • spell out
  • delineate
  • elucidate
  • illuminate
  • illustrate
  • settle
  • draw a picture
  • make perfectly clear
  • make plain
  • shed light on
  • straighten out
  • throw light on

antonyms for break down

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  • ignore
    • complicate
    • confuse
    • question
    • mix up
    • obscure
    • dirty
    • muddle
    • muddy
          • grow
          • increase
          • confuse
          • mix up
          • mystify
          • obscure
          • complicate
          • make difficult
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              How to use break down in a sentence

              The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
              PHYSIOLOGY OF THE OPERAJOHN H. SWABY (AKA "SCRICI")
              I take the Extream Bells, and set down the six Changes on them thus.
              TINTINNALOGIA, OR, THE ART OF RINGINGRICHARD DUCKWORTH AND FABIAN STEDMAN
              His wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.
              THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPIN
              So he bore down on the solemn declaration that she stood face to face with a prison term for perjury.
              THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDEN
              Do not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
              THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUS
              The two women had no intention of bathing; they had just strolled down to the beach for a walk and to be alone and near the water.
              THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPIN
              But, when the car came thundering down, it was crammed to the step; with a melancholy gesture, the driver declined her signal.
              HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETT
              As Spain, however, has fallen from the high place she once held, her colonial system has also gone down.
              TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.
              The volcanic eruptions of the mountains on the west broke down its barriers, and let its waters flow.
              BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 60, NO. 372, OCTOBER 1846VARIOUS
              She set off down Trafalgar Road in the mist and the rain, glad that she had been compelled to walk.
              HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETT
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              WORDS RELATED TO BREAK DOWN

              • break
              • break down
              • conk out
              • fail
              • function go on the blink
              • improperly
              • jam
              • malfunction
              • not work
              • stall
              • stop running
              Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.