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Common synonyms for breakdowns are degradation.

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Breakdowns as a Noun

1

plural of breakdown

2

A failure, particularly mechanical; something that has failed

We saw a breakdown by the side of the road.

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3

A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability

After so much stress, he suffered a breakdown and simply gave up.

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4

Listing, division or categorization in great detail

Looking at the breakdown of the budget, I see a few items we could cut.

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5

A detailed description of a forthcoming project, including the characters and roles required.

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6

Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.

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7

A musical technique by which the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, varying in heaviness depending on the genre.

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8

A loss of organization (of the parts of a system).

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9

A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, common in Southern United States African American music.

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10

Any crude, noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.

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11

Any rapid bluegrass dance tune, especially featuring a five-string banjo.

"Foggy Mountain Breakdown"

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12

The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music.

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Breakdowns in a Sentence

We saw a breakdown by the side of the road.

After so much stress, he suffered a breakdown and simply gave up.

Looking at the breakdown of the budget, I see a few items we could cut.

"Foggy Mountain Breakdown"

Word Forms & Grammar

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Breakdowns in Brief

Part of speechnoun
Meaningplural of breakdown
Synonymsdegradation

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