eng: break down

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Meaning
means	(verb) make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination" crush, break down
means	(verb) make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; "analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound" break down, dissect, take apart, analyse, analyze
means	(verb) lose control of one's emotions; "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely"; "When her baby died, she snapped" lose it, break down, snap
means	(verb) stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" fail, give out, break, go bad, conk out, die, go, give way, break down
means	(verb) fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down" collapse, crumple, break down, crumble, tumble
means	(verb) cause to fall or collapse break down
means	(verb) separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts break up, decompose, break down
means	(verb) collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack collapse, break down