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break down

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"
Synonyms: analyse, analyze, dissect, take apart Antonyms: synthesize, synthesise
make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"
Synonyms: crush
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"
Synonyms: lose it, snap
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"
Synonyms: break, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad
separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
Synonyms: break up, decompose
fall apart; "the building crimbled after the explosion"; "Negociations broke down"
Synonyms: collapse, crumble, crumple, tumble
cause to fall or collapse
collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
Synonyms: collapse