Breakdown
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
"The social dislocations resulting from government policies"
"His warning came after the breakdown of talks in London"
(2) An analysis into mutually exclusive categories
(3) A cessation of normal operation
"There was a power breakdown"
(4) A mental or physical breakdown
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A failure, particularly mechanical; something that has failed
- We saw a breakdown by the side of the road.
- A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability
- After so much stress, he suffered a breakdown and simply gave up.
- Listing, division or categorization in great detail
- Looking at the breakdown of the budget, I see a few items we could cut.
- Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.
- A musical technique, by where the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, and can vary in heaviness depending on the genre