BREAKDOWN

n. collapse, downfall; spoilage, rotting; specification, itemization

Breakdown may refer to: Electrical breakdownBreakdown (Transformers)Chemical breakdownDecompositionMental breakdownSocietal breakdownPsychological breakdownBreakdown, a statement explaining the details of something such as a bill or cost of a plan.A script breakdown for a play, film, or comic book.Breakdown (comics), published by Devil's Due Productions as part of their Aftermath line.Breakdown (film), starring Kurt Russell.Breakdown (Episode), an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.Breakdown (vehicle), a mechanical failure.Breakdown van, a tow truck.Breakdown, a former persona of professional wrestler Lance Hoyt.WWF Breakdown, a pay-per-view event held by the World Wrestling Federation.Breakdown (video game)Breakdown (book), by Bill Gertz.Breakdown, a weightlifting drop set
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Breakdown /break·down/ 1. the act or process of ceasing to function. 2. an often sudden collapse in health. 3. loss of self-control. [more]Breakdown - Community and Resources

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"
(synonym) dislocation
(hypernym) disruption, perturbation
(derivation) break down, crush
2. a mental or physical breakdown
(synonym) crack-up
(hypernym) collapse
(hyponym) nervous breakdown
(derivation) break down, lose it, snap
3. a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown"
(synonym) equipment failure
(hypernym) failure
(hyponym) brake failure
(derivation) fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
4. an analysis into mutually exclusive categories
(synonym) partitioning
(hypernym) analysis, analytic thinking
(hyponym) resolution, resolving
(derivation) analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart

n. breakdown, collapse, downfall