breakdown
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
the social dislocations resulting from government policies
Types & categories
- disruption hypernym
Related & opposite
- dislocate derivation
- break down derivation
Sense 2 noun
a mental or physical breakdown
Types & categories
- collapse hypernym
- nervous breakdown hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a cessation of normal operation
there was a power breakdown
Types & categories
- failure hypernym
- brake failure hyponym
- engine failure hyponym
- misfire hyponym
- outage hyponym
- power outage hyponym
- fault hyponym
Related & opposite
- conk out derivation
Sense 4 noun
an analysis into mutually exclusive categories
Types & categories
- analytic thinking hypernym
- resolving hyponym
Related & opposite
- break down derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dislocate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | break down |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | disruption |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | collapse |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lose it |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crack up |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | collapse |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | nervous breakdown |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | conk out |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | failure |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | brake failure |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | engine failure |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | misfire |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | outage |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | power outage |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fault |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | break down |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | analytic thinking |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | resolving |