What is the meaning of breakdown?

The act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue.
- usage: "the social dislocations resulting from government policies"; "his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London"
- synonyms: dislocation
A mental or physical breakdown.
- synonyms: crack-up
A cessation of normal operation.
- usage: "there was a power breakdown"
- synonyms: equipment failure
An analysis into mutually exclusive categories.
- synonyms: partitioning

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APA	WordNet. (2010). breakdown. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/breakdown/definitions/1214201
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