Thesaurus / break down
FEEDBACK- as inact up (malfunction)
- as inanatomize
- as inchoke up
- as inclarify
- as inclassify
- as income unglued
- as incrack
- as incrumple
- as incry
- as indecipher
- as indecompose
- as indecompose
- as indestroy
- as indie
- as indisintegrate
- as indismantle
- as indisorganize
- as indissect
- as indissolve
- as individe
- as inexplain
- as infail
- as infall
- as infall apart
- as infounder
- as infragmentize
- as infreak out
- as ininculcate
- as inindoctrinate
- as inmiscarry
- as inmisfire
- as inmolder
- as inperish
- as inpropagandize
- as inputrefy
- as inraze
- as inresolve
- as inrot
- as insimplify
- as insob
- as inspell out
- as inspoil
- as insuccumb
- as intaint
- as inturn
- as inweep
- as inwilt
synonyms for break down
synonyms for break down
- 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
- allocate
- analyze
- arrange
- distribute
- divide
- label
- organize
- segregate
- allot
- alphabetize
- assort
- brand
- catalogue
- class
- codify
- collocate
- coordinate
- correlate
- dispose
- distinguish
- docket
- embody
- file
- grade
- group
- incorporate
- index
- match
- name
- number
- order
- peg
- pigeonhole
- range
- rank
- rate
- regiment
- size
- sort
- systematize
- tabulate
- tag
- ticket
- type
- typecast
- button down
- put away
- put down as
- put down for
- rank out
- size up
- tab
- take one's measure
- come apart at the seams
- come unstuck
- come unwrapped
- disintegrate
- fall apart
- fall to bits
- fall to pieces
- go to pieces
- malfunction
- collapse
- flip
- succumb
- yield
- become deranged
- become insane
- blow one's mind
- blow up
- bug out
- give way
- go bonkers
- go crazy
- go to pieces
- lose it
- buckle
- crush
- scrunch
- collapse
- crease
- crimp
- crinkle
- fall
- fold
- pucker
- ruck
- rumple
- screw
- shrivel
- wad
- wrinkle
- cave in
- crimple
- give way
- go to pieces
- rimple
- complain
- fret
- grieve
- groan
- howl
- moan
- mourn
- sigh
- sob
- wail
- weep
- bawl
- bemoan
- bewail
- blub
- blubber
- caterwaul
- deplore
- keen
- lament
- mewl
- regret
- sniff
- snivel
- sorrow
- squall
- whimper
- whine
- yammer
- yowl
- boohoo
- burst into tears
- choke up
- dissolve in tears
- let go
- let it all out
- put on the weeps
- ring the blues
- shed bitter tears
- shed tears
- turn on waterworks
- analyze
- decode
- deduce
- elucidate
- interpret
- solve
- translate
- unravel
- break
- cipher
- construe
- crack
- disentangle
- encipher
- explain
- expound
- read
- render
- reveal
- spell
- unfold
- bring out
- dope out
- find the key
- make clear
- make out
- puzzle out
- unriddle
- consume
- crush
- damage
- dismantle
- end
- eradicate
- gut
- impair
- kill
- maim
- ravage
- raze
- ruin
- sabotage
- shatter
- smash
- smash-up
- wipe out
- wreck
- abort
- annihilate
- annul
- axe
- butcher
- cream
- deface
- desolate
- despoil
- dispatch
- erase
- exterminate
- extinguish
- extirpate
- level
- liquidate
- mar
- maraud
- mutilate
- nuke
- nullify
- overturn
- quash
- quell
- ravish
- slay
- suppress
- torpedo
- total
- trash
- vaporize
- waste
- wax
- zap
- blot out
- lay waste
- snuff out
- spoliate
- stamp out
- swallow up
- tear down
- deteriorate
- disappear
- end
- expire
- fail
- fall
- pass
- stop
- vanish
- abate
- bate
- crumble
- decay
- decline
- degenerate
- dilapidate
- diminish
- droop
- ebb
- fade
- halt
- lapse
- moderate
- molder
- rankle
- recede
- retrograde
- rot
- sink
- slacken
- subside
- wane
- weaken
- wilt
- ease off
- fade away
- fade out
- fizzle out
- go bad
- go downhill
- let up
- lose power
- melt away
- peter out
- run down
- run low
- run out
- wear away
- break up
- come apart
- crumble
- decay
- decompose
- degenerate
- descend
- disband
- dismantle
- rot
- sever
- shatter
- sink
- splinter
- wash out
- wither
- atomize
- decline
- deliquesce
- detach
- dilapidate
- disconnect
- disorganize
- disperse
- disunite
- divide
- molder
- pulverize
- putrefy
- separate
- spoil
- taint
- turn
- worsen
- break apart
- disimprove
- fade away
- fall to pieces
- take apart
- turn to dust
- wash away
- break up
- demolish
- destroy
- disassemble
- raze
- undo
- wreck
- annihilate
- bankrupt
- bare
- decimate
- denudate
- denude
- deprive
- dismember
- dismount
- disrobe
- divest
- fell
- level
- ruin
- strike
- strip
- subvert
- wrack
- knock down
- part out
- pull down
- take down
- take to pieces
- tear down
- unrig
- demobilize
- derange
- misplace
- muddle
- perturb
- unsettle
- clutter
- complicate
- confound
- confuse
- destroy
- disarrange
- disarray
- disband
- discompose
- dishevel
- dislocate
- disorder
- disperse
- disturb
- embroil
- jumble
- litter
- mislay
- scatter
- scramble
- shuffle
- toss
- upset
- break up
- discreate
- mess up
- put out of order
- turn topsy-turvy
- examine
- explore
- inspect
- investigate
- scrutinize
- anatomize
- decompose
- resolve
- study
- decompound
- inquire about
- break up
- crumble
- disband
- disperse
- dissipate
- evaporate
- fade
- separate
- vanish
- decline
- decompose
- diffuse
- dilapidate
- dwindle
- evanesce
- perish
- unmake
- break into pieces
- melt away
- waste away
- break
- carve
- cut
- isolate
- partition
- segregate
- split
- subdivide
- tear
- bisect
- branch
- chop
- cleave
- cross
- demarcate
- detach
- dichotomize
- disengage
- disentangle
- disjoin
- dislocate
- dismember
- dissect
- dissever
- dissociate
- dissolve
- disunite
- divorce
- halve
- intersect
- loose
- part
- quarter
- rend
- rupture
- section
- segment
- sever
- shear
- sunder
- unbind
- undo
- abscind
- cut up
- pull away
- analyze
- clarify
- define
- demonstrate
- describe
- disclose
- expound
- illustrate
- interpret
- justify
- point out
- read
- resolve
- reveal
- solve
- spell out
- tell
- annotate
- construe
- decipher
- diagram
- elucidate
- excuse
- explicate
- manifest
- paraphrase
- rationalize
- refine
- render
- teach
- translate
- unfold
- unravel
- untangle
- account for
- bring out
- clear up
- get across
- go into detail
- make plain
- put across
- put in plain English
- set right
- throw light upon
- decline
- fall
- abort
- backslide
- blunder
- deteriorate
- fizzle
- flop
- flounder
- fold
- founder
- miscarry
- miss
- slip
- back wrong horse
- be defeated
- be demoted
- be found lacking
- be in vain
- be ruined
- come to naught
- come to nothing
- fall flat
- fall short
- fall through
- go astray
- go down
- go downhill
- go down swinging
- go up in smoke
- go wrong
- hit bottom
- hit the skids
- lose control
- lose out
- lose status
- meet with disaster
- miss the boat
- play into
- run aground
- turn out badly
- collapse
- crash
- decline
- decrease
- depreciate
- diminish
- dip
- dive
- dwindle
- ease
- go down
- land
- plummet
- plunge
- settle
- sink
- slip
- slump
- stumble
- tumble
- abate
- backslide
- buckle
- cascade
- drag
- droop
- ebb
- flag
- flop
- gravitate
- lapse
- lessen
- pitch
- recede
- regress
- relapse
- slope
- spin
- subside
- topple
- totter
- trail
- trip
- wane
- be precipitated
- cave in
- drop down
- fold up
- hit the dirt
- keel over
- nose-dive
- take a header
- tip over
- abort
- fall through
- stumble
- collapse
- fall
- lurch
- miscarry
- misfire
- sink
- sprawl
- stagger
- submerge
- submerse
- trip
- be lost
- come to nothing
- go down
- go lame
- go to bottom
- crumble
- dissolve
- disunite
- divide
- fragment
- separate
- shatter
- splinter
- split
- break apart
- break up
- split up
- go crazy
- lose it
- blow a gasket
- blow one's mind
- blow one's stack
- blow one's top
- come unglued
- crack up
- flip one's lid
- flip out
- fly off the handle
- go ape
- go ballistic
- go bananas
- go berserk
- go haywire
- go nuts
- go off the deep end
- hit the ceiling
- lose control of oneself
- lose one's composure
- lose one's cool
- lose one's mind
- lose one's temper
- wig out
- work oneself up
- impart
- indoctrinate
- instill
- brainwash
- communicate
- drill
- educate
- impress
- inseminate
- instruct
- plant
- program
- teach
- drum into
- hammer into
- shape up
- work over
- imbue
- inculcate
- instill
- convince
- drill
- ground
- implant
- influence
- initiate
- instruct
- plant
- program
- school
- teach
- train
- work over
- abort
- fall through
- backslide
- blunder
- decline
- deteriorate
- fall
- fizzle
- flop
- flounder
- fold
- founder
- misfire
- miss
- slip
- back wrong horse
- be defeated
- be demoted
- be found lacking
- be in vain
- be ruined
- come to naught
- come to nothing
- fall flat
- fall short
- go astray
- go down
- go downhill
- go down swinging
- go up in smoke
- go wrong
- hit bottom
- hit the skids
- lose control
- lose out
- lose status
- meet with disaster
- miss fire
- miss the boat
- miss the mark
- play into
- run aground
- turn out badly
- backfire
- fall flat
- fizzle
- flop
- abort
- blunder
- explode
- flounder
- miscarry
- miss
- slip
- come to nothing
- fall short
- fizzle out
- fizz out
- go up in smoke
- go wrong
- peter out
- poop out
- cease
- crumble
- disappear
- disintegrate
- pass away
- rot
- succumb
- vanish
- wither
- collapse
- corrupt
- croak
- decease
- decompose
- demise
- depart
- end
- expire
- fall
- go
- pass
- waste
- be destroyed
- be killed
- be lost
- bite the dust
- buy the farm
- check out
- give up the ghost
- go under
- kick the bucket
- lose life
- OD
- pass on
- brainwash
- convince
- drill
- ground
- imbue
- implant
- inculcate
- influence
- initiate
- instill
- instruct
- plant
- program
- school
- teach
- train
- work over
- corrupt
- crumble
- decay
- decompose
- deteriorate
- disintegrate
- molder
- spoil
- stink
- taint
- turn
- go bad
- putresce
- bulldoze
- demolish
- destroy
- dynamite
- erase
- extinguish
- obliterate
- overthrow
- scatter
- smash
- topple
- wipe out
- wreck
- batter
- bomb
- capsize
- crash
- decimate
- delete
- efface
- expunge
- extirpate
- fell
- level
- overturn
- reduce
- remove
- ruin
- spill
- subvert
- total
- undo
- unmake
- upset
- wrack
- zap
- blow down
- cast down
- mow down
- pull down
- rub out
- scratch out
- strike out
- tear down
- tear up
- throw down
- unbuild
- agree
- answer
- clear up
- conclude
- deal with
- decide
- determine
- fix
- iron out
- propose
- settle
- solve
- undertake
- work out
- analyze
- anatomize
- break
- choose
- clinch
- decipher
- decree
- design
- dissect
- dissolve
- elect
- elucidate
- fathom
- figure
- intend
- lick
- purpose
- rule
- unfold
- unravel
- untangle
- unzip
- will
- work
- make a point of
- pan out
- pass upon
- puzzle out
- remain firm
- take a stand
- work through
- crumble
- decay
- decompose
- disintegrate
- languish
- molder
- perish
- spoil
- stain
- warp
- wither
- corrupt
- debase
- debauch
- decline
- degenerate
- demoralize
- deprave
- descend
- fester
- pervert
- putrefy
- retrograde
- sink
- taint
- turn
- worsen
- disimprove
- go bad
- go downhill
- go to pot
- waste away
- clarify
- cut down
- facilitate
- reduce
- shorten
- streamline
- abridge
- analyze
- chasten
- decipher
- disentangle
- disinvolve
- elucidate
- explain
- interpret
- order
- unscramble
- boil down
- break it down
- clean it up
- clean up
- clear up
- cut the frills
- draw a picture
- get down to basics
- get to the meat
- hit the high spots
- lay out
- let daylight in
- let sunlight in
- make clear
- make perfectly clear
- make plain
- put in a nutshell
- put one straight
- spell out
- bawl
- howl
- wail
- weep
- whimper
- blub
- blubber
- lament
- snivel
- boohoo
- cry a river
- cry convulsively
- cry eyes out
- shed tears
- turn on waterworks
- define
- describe
- expound
- illustrate
- justify
- point out
- brief
- clear up
- clue in
- decipher
- decode
- diagram
- draw a map
- fill someone in
- get across
- go into detail
- interpret
- make plain
- put across
- put in plain English
- teach
- tell
- throw light upon
- translate
- unfold
- unravel
- untangle
- taint
- addle
- crumble
- curdle
- decompose
- deteriorate
- disintegrate
- mildew
- molder
- putrefy
- rot
- turn
- become tainted
- become useless
- go bad
- go off
- bow
- buckle
- capitulate
- cave in
- cease
- defer
- give in
- give way
- go down
- pass away
- perish
- quit
- wilt
- yield
- accede
- cave
- collapse
- croak
- decease
- demise
- depart
- drop
- expire
- fall
- fold
- go
- knuckle
- pass
- submit
- eat crow
- fall victim to
- flake out
- give in to
- give out
- give up the ghost
- go under
- knuckle under
- meet waterloo
- pack it in
- show white flag
- take the count
- throw in the towel
- besmirch
- blight
- cloud
- corrupt
- damage
- discredit
- harm
- hurt
- infect
- muddy
- poison
- pollute
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- tar
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- blacken
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- blot
- blur
- brand
- cook
- crumble
- cut
- debase
- decay
- decompose
- defile
- deprave
- discolor
- disgrace
- dishonor
- disintegrate
- doctor
- foul
- putrefy
- rot
- shame
- soil
- spike
- stigmatize
- trash
- turn
- water
- cast a slur
- crud up
- give a bad name
- water down
- acidify
- crumble
- curdle
- decay
- decompose
- disintegrate
- dull
- ferment
- molder
- putrefy
- rot
- sour
- spoil
- taint
- become rancid
- go bad
- complain
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- howl
- moan
- mourn
- sob
- wail
- whimper
- bawl
- bemoan
- bewail
- blubber
- deplore
- drip
- keen
- lament
- mewl
- snivel
- squall
- ululate
- yowl
- boohoo
- burst into tears
- let go
- let it out
- shed tears
- cave in
- diminish
- droop
- dwindle
- ebb
- fade
- faint
- melt
- shrivel
- succumb
- wane
- wither
- collapse
- drop
- flag
- languish
- mummify
- sink
- waste
- weaken
- become limp
- dry up
- give out
- waste away
- wizen
antonyms for break down
MOST RELEVANT
- collect
- combine
- disarrange
- disorder
- disorganize
- gather
- hold
- join
- keep
- maintain
- unite
- disallow
- disintegrate
- estimate
- exclude
- guess
- mix up
- scatter
- aid
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- bear
- begin
- build
- construct
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- fix
- give birth
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- mend
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- start
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- retain
- save
- validate
- restore
- advance
- appear
- arrive
- bear
- begin
- commence
- reach
- start
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- persuade
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- conceal
- confuse
- distort
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- misrepresent
- misunderstand
- question
- wonder
- cloud
- mystify
- obscure
- stagnate
- tangle
- withhold
- complicate
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- ascend
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- accomplish
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- combine
- develop
- enhance
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- praise
- put together
- respect
- unite
- upgrade
- right
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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 STEDMANHis 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 CHOPINSo he bore down on the solemn declaration that she stood face to face with a prison term for perjury.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDENDo not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSThe 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 CHOPINBut, when the car came thundering down, it was crammed to the step; with a melancholy gesture, the driver declined her signal.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETTAs 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 1846VARIOUSShe set off down Trafalgar Road in the mist and the rain, glad that she had been compelled to walk.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETTWORDS RELATED TO BREAK DOWN
- allocates
- allots
- alphabetizes
- analyzes
- arranges
- assorts
- brands
- breaks down
- buttons down
- catalogues
- classes
- codifies
- collocates
- coordinates
- correlates
- disposes
- distinguishes
- distributes
- divides
- dockets
- embodies
- files
- grades
- groups
- incorporates
- indexes
- labels
- matches
- names
- numbers
- orders
- organizes
- pegs
- pigeonholes
- puts away
- puts down as
- puts down for
- ranges
- ranks
- ranks out
- rates
- regiments
- segregates
- size up
- sizes
- sorts
- systematizes
- tabs
- tabulates
- tags
- takes one's measure
- tickets
- typecasts
- types
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