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English Thesaurus
1. stop operating or functioning (verb.change)
hypernym | : | change, |
definition | : | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature (verb.change) |
hyponym | : | crash, go down, |
definition | : | stop operating (verb.change) |
hyponym | : | blow, blow out, burn out, |
definition | : | melt, break, or become otherwise unusable (verb.change) |
hyponym | : | misfire, |
definition | : | fail to fire or detonate (verb.competition) |
verb group | : | break, |
definition | : | render inoperable or ineffective (verb.change) |
verb group | : | buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it, |
definition | : | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life (verb.change) |
2. end resistance, as under pressure or force (verb.change)
hypernym | : | change, |
definition | : | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature (verb.change) |
3. move in order to make room for someone for something (verb.motion)
hypernym | : | move, |
definition | : | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion (verb.motion) |
verb group | : | abandon, give up, |
definition | : | stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims (verb.cognition) |
4. break down, literally or metaphorically (verb.motion)
hypernym | : | change, |
definition | : | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature (verb.change) |
hyponym | : | buckle, crumple, |
definition | : | fold or collapse (verb.contact) |
hyponym | : | flop, |
definition | : | fall loosely (verb.motion) |
hyponym | : | break, |
definition | : | curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves (verb.motion) |
verb group | : | abandon, give up, |
definition | : | stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims (verb.cognition) |
verb group | : | burst, collapse, |
definition | : | cause to burst (verb.motion) |
5. stop operating or functioning (verb.change)
derivation | : | failure, |
definition | : | loss of ability to function normally (noun.state) |
derivation | : | breakable, |
definition | : | capable of being broken or damaged (adj.all) |
6. break down, literally or metaphorically (verb.motion)
derivation | : | collapse, |
definition | : | a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in (noun.event) |
derivation | : | cave in, subsidence, |
definition | : | the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it (noun.event) |
derivation | : | collapse, crash, |
definition | : | a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures) (noun.event) |
7. stop operating or functioning (verb.change)
derivation | : | failure, |
definition | : | loss of ability to function normally (noun.state) |
derivation | : | breakable, |
definition | : | capable of being broken or damaged (adj.all) |
8. break down, literally or metaphorically (verb.motion)
derivation | : | collapse, |
definition | : | a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in (noun.event) |
derivation | : | cave in, subsidence, |
definition | : | the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it (noun.event) |
derivation | : | collapse, crash, |
definition | : | a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures) (noun.event) |
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