breakdown
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4.4
- noun
- /ˈbreɪkˌdaʊn/
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- There was a significant breakdown in communication between the two departments, resulting in project delays.
- a communication breakdown
- a family breakdown
- a complete breakdown
What happens when there is a complete breakdown of the religion of the nation?
- What happens when there is a complete breakdown of the religion of the nation?
- And and very rarely does a relationship breakdown because of just one person.
- Is it some societal breakdown through just more traditional kinds of war?
- And then what you have is a fundamental breakdown between media and the people.
- And last time I checked, things don't happen in a breakdown of rapport.
- But somehow again you have a complete breakdown of any kind of thing but skill.
Examples
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People used to worry about breakdowns in social order on generation ships like this one.
Fiction book (2002) -
He blamed both countries for the breakdown in their relationship.
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What has happened is the complete breakdown of life as we knew it.
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I mean, what that means is a breakdown in the natural order.
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It's a breakdown of the system.
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Chief among the many reasons given for the breakdown in government services was equipment failure.
Academic text (1991) -
What happens when there is a complete breakdown of the religion of the nation?
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There certainty has been a breakdown of our way of life.
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If you ask me, this is what you get when there's a complete breakdown of social services.
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Minister, the breakdown in essential public services, in transport, in electricity, in sanitation, is not the fault of the trade unions.
Synonyms
396
3.3
Loss of the ability to work, especially of an organ or machine
350
4.1
A sudden failure, for example of a person or a building
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5.8
A sudden total failure that causes serious damage to a system
14
7.6
A sudden inward collapse of a building or container from outside pressure
11
6.7
A group, system, or organization loses order and stops working well
11
6.8
A change that stops the normal way a system or community works
6
7.1
A serious break between people or groups that causes a lack of trust
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6.3
Breaking something into small pieces, often by force
An unexpected failure of a machine that stops it working
The process of breaking into small pieces and falling apart
Antonyms
Compounds
- Informal
52
5.3
A time when someone is so stressed or upset they cannot live normally and need medical help
3
6.3
A severe time when someone cannot manage daily life because of strong feelings
People fail to share information clearly and so cause misunderstanding
How Serious
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Breakdown comes from the words break ('to come apart') and down ('toward collapse'). So a breakdown of a system or relationship is when it 'comes apart' and stops working.