break down
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make ineffective
Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination
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Sense 2 verb
make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
analyze a specimen
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Sense 3 verb
lose control of one's emotions
When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely
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Sense 4 verb
stop operating or functioning
The engine finally went
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Sense 5 verb
fall apart
the building crumbled after the explosion
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Sense 6 verb
cause to fall or collapse
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Sense 7 verb
separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
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Sense 8 verb
collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | breakdown |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | synthesize |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissection |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | analyzer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | partitioning |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissection |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | analyst |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | parse |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | botanize |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | crack-up |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | behave |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dissolve |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | die |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fall apart |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | equipment failure |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | failure |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | breakable |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | break |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | die |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | go down |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | blow out |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | misfire |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | malfunction |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | change integrity |
| 6 | causes | Related & opposite | crumble |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | bust |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | decomposition reaction |
| 7 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chemistry |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | separate |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | digest |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | dissociate |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | crack |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | collapse |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | crack-up |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | suffer |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | drop like flies |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | fall over |