Synonyms and Antonyms of break down

synonym (synonym of break down)

antonym (antonym of break down)

  • (verb.cognition)
    synthesise, synthesize
    combine so as to form a more complex, product (verb.cognition)
     

hypernym (break down IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • cause to fall or collapse (verb.contact)
    break, bust
    ruin completely (verb.contact)
     
  • collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack (verb.body)
    get, have, suffer, sustain
    undergo (as of injuries and illnesses) (verb.body)
     
  • fall apart (verb.motion)
    change integrity
    change in physical make-up (verb.change)
     
  • lose control of one's emotions (verb.emotion)
    act, behave, do
    behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself (verb.body)
     
  • make ineffective (verb.competition)
    alter, change, modify
    cause to change; make different; cause a transformation (verb.change)
     
  • separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts (verb.change)
    separate
    divide into components or constituents (verb.contact)
     
  • stop operating or functioning (verb.change)
    change
    undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature (verb.change)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF break down relation)

  • collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack (verb.body)
    drop like flies
    rapidly collapse, die, or drop out in large numbers (verb.body)
     
  • (verb.body)
    fall over, go over
    fall forward and down (verb.body)
     
  • lose control of one's emotions (verb.emotion)
    dissolve
    lose control emotionally (verb.emotion)
     
  • (verb.emotion)
    die
    be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame (verb.emotion)
     
  • (verb.emotion)
    fall apart, go to pieces
    lose one's emotional or mental composure (verb.emotion)
     
  • make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features (verb.cognition)
    parse
    analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence) (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    botanise, botanize
    collect and study plants (verb.cognition)
     
  • separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts (verb.change)
    digest
    soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    dissociate
    to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    crack
    reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking (verb.change)
     
  • stop operating or functioning (verb.change)
    crash, go down
    stop operating (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    blow, blow out, burn out
    melt, break, or become otherwise unusable (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.competition)
    misfire
    fail to fire or detonate (verb.competition)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    malfunction, misfunction
    fail to function or function improperly (verb.contact)
     

cause (cause to relations of break down)

verb group (break down is verb group of ....)

derivation (.... is derived from break down)

  • collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack (verb.body)
    collapse, prostration
    an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    breakdown, crack-up
    a mental or physical breakdown (noun.state)
     
  • make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features (verb.cognition)
    dissection
    detailed critical analysis or examination one part at a time (as of a literary work) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    analyser, analyzer
    an instrument that performs analyses (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    breakdown, partitioning
    an analysis into mutually exclusive categories (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.person)
    analyst
    someone who is skilled at analyzing data (noun.person)
     
  • make ineffective (verb.competition)
    breakdown, dislocation
    the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue (noun.act)
     
  • separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts (verb.change)
    chemical decomposition reaction, decomposition, decomposition reaction
    (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance (noun.process)
     
  • stop operating or functioning (verb.change)
    breakdown, equipment failure
    a cessation of normal operation (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.state)
    failure
    loss of ability to function normally (noun.state)
     
  • (adj.all)
    breakable
    capable of being broken or damaged (adj.all)
     

domain category (break down is domain category of ....)

  • separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts (verb.change)
    chemical science, chemistry
    the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions (noun.cognition)
     
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