breakdown

[ breyk-doun ]

nounnervous collapse
nounaccount of finances or other business

Synonyms for breakdown

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Antonyms for breakdown

mental health

Word Origin & History

"a collapse," 1832, from break (v.) + down (adv.). The verbal phrase is attested from late 14c. The noun, specifically of machinery, is from 1838; meaning "an analysis in detail" is from 1936. Nervous breakdown is from 1905.

Example Sentences forbreakdown

But the instant Arnold repairs the breakdown, your little experiment is over!

In this Cadell was excellent, and we rarely had a breakdown.

"We've had a breakdown," remarked Andy, and he seemed quite humiliated.

This breakdown of the individuality of the phantom voices is very characteristic.

"You'll have to have your breakdown rather closer to the house than we thought," he said.

There's a breakdown gang doing its level best to get us clear.

Well, was not the breakdown of the train a sign that his best was not God's best?

The breakdown of civilization beyond the Channel was almost complete.

He described the breakdown of the motor in the vaguest terms.

Many have argued that the breakdown of the traditional family was inevitable.

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