Synonym: analyse, analyze, break, break up, collapse, conk out, crumble, crumple, crush, decompose, die, dissect, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad, lose it, snap, take apart, tumble. Similar words: break, break out, break up, break off, break in, break away, break into, break through. Meaning: v. 1. make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features 2. make ineffective 3. lose control of one's emotions 4. stop operating or functioning 5. separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts 6. fall apart 7. cause to fall or collapse 8. collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack.
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61. Break down all your income amounts and expense amounts into monthly sums.
62. After years of tortuous study, absurdly limited measures to break down the barriers between banks and brokers have been proposed.
63. An obvious extension of this is that they should attempt to break down the isolation between practitioners in different countries.
64. It is all truly amazing, and highly improbable, given all the ways the system could break down.
65. This lack of oxygen decreases the activity of micro-organisms which break down detergents.
66. Claims that they can break down fat and disperse excess fluid are controversial.
67. It's hard enough to break down the old prejudices - I know that from experience.
68. The process uses a natural gas flame to break down the effluent into sulphur dioxide.
69. The philosophy of the assembly line was to break down the work into simple elements that required no special training.
70. Another group of medications neutralizes the enzymes that normally break down dopamine after it delivers its chemical message.
71. Michael Landy's Break Down is a piece of alternative retail therapy held on Britain's most famous shopping street.
72. We must break down the barriers of conditioning and open our minds to far higher goals.
73. This would break down the close collaboration that Forrestal and Lovett had worked so hard to build up between the departments.
74. This might also help break down some of the misconceptions that can grow up between organisations.
75. Though you would often have a tough time telling the difference from the way they break down right before your eyes.
76. You see kids who just throw off their clothes,[sentencedict .com] they want to break down that barrier and get natural again.
77. When this occurs, the mast cells start to break down.
78. Unfortunately coaches are not infallible and do occasionally break down or need replacing and certain on board facilities may occasionally fail.
79. The result is that, when relationships break down, women's disappointment is often accompanied by extraordinary[sentencedict.com], uncomprehending bitterness.
80. The advent of satellite broadcasting began to break down those defences.
81. Yes, let's break down the barriers completely and have a magazine that appeals to everybody, and read by nobody.
82. It performs important functions in times of crisis, both when children enter care and when foster placements break down.
83. Here, nutritive material is absorbed through the gut wall into the bloodstream, while bacteria break down less-digestible substances such as cellulose.
84. Pablo Ossio, who helped organize the event, said soccer is a great way to break down barriers.
85. All the known laws of science would break down at such a point.
86. Paul Parker had confused Babb into handball after another electrifying break down the right.
87. Alarms sound if gas supplies break down, and automatically connect reserve tanks.
88. At a convocation in the fall of his senior year, Pierre spoke about the need to break down stereotypes.
89. Nation usually speaks louder than ideology; as a result, the generally accepted notions of government and opposition break down.
90. When individual desires go beyond the moral order then people become dissatisfied with life and social cohesion begins to break down.
More similar words: break, break out, break up, break off, break in, break away, break into, break through, drink down, knock down, track down, look down on, breast, streak, breathing, out of breath, breeze, peak, sneak, steak, speak, weaken, speak up, speak for, speaker, so to speak, to speak of, down, downs, get down.