Dictionary Check: breakdown
"breakdown" is a valid word!
Scrabble
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Words with Friends
21
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Definition
noun
the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
Example:
"the social dislocations resulting from government policies"
noun
a mental or physical breakdown
noun
(biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
noun
a cessation of normal operation
Example:
"there was a power breakdown"
noun
an analysis into mutually exclusive categories
noun
(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance
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