Dictionary Check: breakdown

"breakdown" is a valid word!

Scrabble 19 points
Words with Friends 21 points

Definition

noun

the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue

Example: "the social dislocations resulting from government policies"
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a mental or physical breakdown

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(biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action

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a cessation of normal operation

Example: "there was a power breakdown"
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an analysis into mutually exclusive categories

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(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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