break down
English Thesaurus
1. collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack (verb.body)
| hyponym | : | drop like flies, |
| definition | : | rapidly collapse, die, or drop out in large numbers (verb.body) |
2. separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | separate, |
| definition | : | divide into components or constituents (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | digest, |
| definition | : | soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | dissociate, |
| definition | : | to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | crack, |
| definition | : | reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking (verb.change) |
| domain category | : | chemical science, chemistry, |
| definition | : | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions (noun.cognition) |
3. 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) |
4. make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features (verb.cognition)
| hyponym | : | parse, |
| definition | : | analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence) (verb.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | botanise, botanize, |
| definition | : | collect and study plants (verb.cognition) |
5. make ineffective (verb.competition)
| hypernym | : | alter, change, modify, |
| definition | : | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation (verb.change) |
6. cause to fall or collapse (verb.contact)
| hypernym | : | break, bust, |
| definition | : | ruin completely (verb.contact) |
7. lose control of one's emotions (verb.emotion)
| hypernym | : | act, behave, do, |
| definition | : | behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself (verb.body) |
| hyponym | : | dissolve, |
| definition | : | lose control emotionally (verb.emotion) |
| hyponym | : | die, |
| definition | : | be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame (verb.emotion) |
8. fall apart (verb.motion)
9. collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack (verb.body)
| derivation | : | collapse, prostration, |
| definition | : | an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | breakdown, crack-up, |
| definition | : | a mental or physical breakdown (noun.state) |
10. separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts (verb.change)
11. 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) |
12. make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features (verb.cognition)
| antonym | : | synthesise, synthesize, |
| definition | : | combine so as to form a more complex, product (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | dissection, |
| definition | : | detailed critical analysis or examination one part at a time (as of a literary work) (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | analyser, analyzer, |
| definition | : | an instrument that performs analyses (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | breakdown, partitioning, |
| definition | : | an analysis into mutually exclusive categories (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | dissection, |
| definition | : | a minute and critical analysis (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | analyst, |
| definition | : | someone who is skilled at analyzing data (noun.person) |
13. make ineffective (verb.competition)
| derivation | : | breakdown, dislocation, |
| definition | : | the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue (noun.act) |
14. lose control of one's emotions (verb.emotion)
| derivation | : | breakdown, crack-up, |
| definition | : | a mental or physical breakdown (noun.state) |
15. collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack (verb.body)
| derivation | : | collapse, prostration, |
| definition | : | an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | breakdown, crack-up, |
| definition | : | a mental or physical breakdown (noun.state) |
16. separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts (verb.change)
17. 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) |
18. make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features (verb.cognition)
| antonym | : | synthesise, synthesize, |
| definition | : | combine so as to form a more complex, product (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | dissection, |
| definition | : | detailed critical analysis or examination one part at a time (as of a literary work) (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | analyser, analyzer, |
| definition | : | an instrument that performs analyses (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | breakdown, partitioning, |
| definition | : | an analysis into mutually exclusive categories (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | dissection, |
| definition | : | a minute and critical analysis (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | analyst, |
| definition | : | someone who is skilled at analyzing data (noun.person) |
19. make ineffective (verb.competition)
| derivation | : | breakdown, dislocation, |
| definition | : | the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue (noun.act) |
20. lose control of one's emotions (verb.emotion)
| derivation | : | breakdown, crack-up, |
| definition | : | a mental or physical breakdown (noun.state) |
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