breakdown

nouns

the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
"the social dislocations resulting from government policies"; "his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London"
breakdown, dislocation
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a mental or physical breakdown
breakdown, crack-up
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a cessation of normal operation
"there was a power breakdown"
breakdown, equipment failure
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an analysis into mutually exclusive categories
breakdown, partitioning
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