break down - Similar and Opposite Words

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Verb

collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack

Synonyms

• break down
• collapse

More generic

• get
• have
• suffer
• sustain

More specific

• drop like flies
• fall over
• go over

Verb

separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts

Synonyms

• break down
• break up
• decompose

More generic

• separate

More specific

• crack
• digest
• dissociate

Verb

stop operating or functioning

Synonyms

• break
• break down
• conk out
• die
• fail
• give out
• give way
• go
• go bad

More generic

• change

More specific

• blow
• blow out
• burn out
• crash
• go down
• malfunction
• misfire
• misfunction

Related

• break
• buy the farm
• cash in one's chips
• choke
• conk
• croak
• decease
• die
• drop dead
• exit
• expire
• give-up the ghost
• go
• kick the bucket
• pass
• pass away
• perish
• pop off
• snuff it

Verb

make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features

Synonyms

• analyse
• analyze
• break down
• dissect
• take apart

More specific

• botanise
• botanize
• parse

Verb

make ineffective

Synonyms

• break down
• crush

More generic

• alter
• change
• modify

Verb

cause to fall or collapse

Synonyms

• break down

More generic

• break
• bust

Related

• break down
• collapse
• crumble
• crumple
• tumble

Verb

lose control of one's emotions

Synonyms

• break down
• lose it
• snap

More generic

• act
• behave
• do

More specific

• die
• dissolve
• fall apart
• go to pieces

Verb

fall apart

Synonyms

• break down
• collapse
• crumble
• crumple
• tumble

More generic

• change integrity

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