Synonym: crack-up, dislocation, equipment failure, partitioning. Similar words: break down, break, break in, break off, break out, break up, break away, break into. Meaning: n. 1. the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue 2. a mental or physical breakdown 3. a cessation of normal operation 4. an analysis into mutually exclusive categories.
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91 A breakdown would be extremely costly and dangerous.
92 That seems a recipe for a mental breakdown.
93 Howard Hughes suffered a total breakdown.
94 If sulphur hexafluoride is subjected to electrical sparking in the presence of oxygen, it degrades, releasing toxic breakdown products.
95 He said she acted erratic, got the shakes one evening, almost had a nervous breakdown.
96 A complete breakdown of budget talks could push rates back up, at least temporarily, analysts concede.
97 Their appearance is connected with anharmonicity, which leads to a breakdown of the selection rules derived assuming simple harmonic motion.
98 At twenty, in Budapest, he suffered a complete nervous breakdown, which he conquered through a gruelling program of callisthenics.
99 He said she acted erratic, got the shakes one evening and almost had a nervous breakdown.
100 A big kiss Dedo Laure, his favourite aunt, was suffering from a severe mental breakdown.
101 In Chapter 2 I gave a breakdown of the five minimum requirements of the graph search mechanism.
102 This section gives a detailed breakdown of what may be required in your daily work.
103 Some theorized that repeated rectal exposure to the semen of different partners might be leading to an immune breakdown.
104 With the breakdown of the administration, crime syndicates have come up in a big way.
105 Two factors are mainly responsible for movement from the owner-occupied to local authority sectors - unemployment and marital breakdown.
106 Any breakdown in routine commonly demands a shift into verbal consciousness while new ways of behaving are learned.
107 Shortly after her marriage(sentencedict.com/breakdown.html), she had a nervous breakdown and had to be institutionalized.
108 An alternative source of nitrogen will be required to ensure a rapid buildup of bacteria and the complete breakdown of cellulose.
109 Fortunately, I received a reprieve because my boss had a nervous breakdown before he could implement his plan.
110 It is therefore normal practice to provide a more detailed cost breakdown under key cost headings arising on contracts or development.
111 Eventually it will be dispersed by a combination of the natural processes of evaporation and marine bacterial breakdown.
112 When you conduct a symphony for the first time you may fear a breakdown in every bar.
113 In middle age he has experienced a breakdown, an identity crisis, which followed a long illness and an operation.
114 Please refer to the Policy commentary for details of what items should not constitute part of the breakdown account.
115 After completing his apprenticeship he suffered a breakdown in health and was compelled to abandon his intended profession.
116 A multitude of memos circulate in organizations simply to justify our behaviours in the event of a breakdown.
117 In 1984, for example, an external mediator was appointed following the breakdown of negotiations, and agreement reached under his auspices.
118 Everything about him screams mid-life crisis / impending mental breakdown.
119 Huge contributions from parents are saving school from a complete breakdown, according to an investigation by the Mail on Sunday.
120 The breakdown of the insulation layer short-circuits nerve impulses and produces devastating consequences.
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