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n. (act) | 1. breakdown, dislocation | 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" |
| ~ disruption, perturbation | the act of causing disorder. |
n. (state) | 2. breakdown, crack-up | a mental or physical breakdown. |
| ~ collapse, prostration | an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion.; "the commander's prostration demoralized his men" |
| ~ nervous breakdown | a severe or incapacitating emotional disorder. |
n. (event) | 3. breakdown, equipment failure | a cessation of normal operation.; "there was a power breakdown" |
| ~ failure | an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose.; "the surprise party was a complete failure" |
| ~ brake failure | brakes fail to stop a vehicle. |
| ~ engine failure | engine does not run. |
| ~ misfire, dud | an explosion that fails to occur. |
| ~ outage | a temporary suspension of operation (as of computers).; "there will be a network outage from 8 to 10 a.m." |
| ~ power failure, power outage | equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails.; "the ice storm caused a power outage" |
| ~ fault | (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.).; "it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it" |
n. (cognition) | 4. breakdown, partitioning | an analysis into mutually exclusive categories. |
| ~ analytic thinking, analysis | the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations. |
| ~ resolving, resolution | analysis into clear-cut components. |
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