See breakdown in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
A cessation of proper mechanical functions:
failure, outage. See thriveAn abrupt disastrous failure:
collapse, crash, debacle, smash, smashup, wreck. See moneyA sudden sharp decline in mental, emotional, or physical health:
collapse. (Informal) crackup. See explosionThe separation of a whole into its parts for study:
analysis, anatomy, dissection. See assemble, investigateThe condition of being decayed:
decay, decomposition, deterioration, disintegration, putrefaction, putrescence, putridness, rot, rottenness, spoilage. See better, thrive
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