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