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Another word for break-down

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break down

v.

To analyze
examine, investigate, dissect; see analyze 1.
To overcome
surmount, overwhelm, conquer; see defeat 1, 2.
To malfunction
fail, stop, malfunction, go out of order, falter, misfire, give out, go down, crash, cease, die, collapse, succumb, backfire, conk out*, go kaput*, go on the blink*, go on the fritz*, go haywire*, go blooey*, go kerflooey*, crack up*, curl up*, roll up*, bomb*, run out of gas*, peter out*, fizzle out*, go out of commission*, get out of gear*, get out of whack*, get out of kilter*, flake out*.

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Another word for break down

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see break

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Pay careful attention to yourself and the people you love so that you'll spot the early warning signs of emotional break-down.
The incipient feudal baron had not been slow to take advantage of the break-down of the old German military system.

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