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break·down

breakdown

 
pronunciation:
breIk daUn [or] breIk daUn
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: a failure to operate.
The breakdown of the bus made the children late for school.
definition 2: a serious failure of a person's mind or body.
After her breakdown, she was in the hospital for three weeks.
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