breaks down Sentence Examples
- The old car breaks down frequently, leaving us stranded on the side of the road.
- The relationship breaks down due to constant disagreements and lack of communication.
- The immune system breaks down under prolonged stress, making us vulnerable to infections.
- The negotiations break down when both parties fail to reach a compromise.
- The economy breaks down during a recession, leading to job losses and reduced spending.
- The infrastructure breaks down during natural disasters, disrupting essential services.
- The mental health of individuals can break down under extreme duress.
- The barriers of prejudice and discrimination break down over time with education and empathy.
- The body breaks down with age, resulting in decreased physical function.
- Trust breaks down when promises are broken or secrets are kept.
breaks down Meaning
breaks down
a fast shuffling dance, a complete loss of physical, mental, or emotional vitality, to separate (as a chemical compound) into simpler substances, to fail in strength or vitality, to use force to push (something) to the ground, to become inoperative or ineffective, to succumb to mental or emotional stress, to lose the strength to resist or fight, classification, to separate or become separated into parts or groups, to undergo decomposition, a physical, mental, or nervous collapse, a failure to function, decomposition, to make ineffective, to lose one's resolve, to take apart especially for storage or shipment and for later reassembling, division into categories, to separate (something, such as a chemical compound) into simpler substances, to be susceptible to or undergo analysis or subdivision, to go through decomposition, failure to progress or have effect, to stop functioning because of breakage or wear, an account analyzed into categories, to cause to fall or collapse by breaking or shattering, to divide into parts or categories, obtained or resulting from disintegration or decomposition of a substance, to become overwhelmed by strong emotion, to stop working properly, the process of decomposing, music for such a dance, a failure to function properly, to severely injure the supporting ligament or bones of the fetlock joint, the action or result of breaking down
Synonyms & Antonyms of breaks down
FAQs About the word breaks down
a fast shuffling dance, a complete loss of physical, mental, or emotional vitality, to separate (as a chemical compound) into simpler substances, to fail in str
sorts, groups,ranks, grades, relegates, classifies, distinguishes, types, ranges, compartments
confuses, lumps, scrambles,mixes (up), jumbles,disarranges, missorts,misclassifies, mistypes
The old car breaks down frequently, leaving us stranded on the side of the road.
The relationship breaks down due to constant disagreements and lack of communication.
The immune system breaks down under prolonged stress, making us vulnerable to infections.
The negotiations break down when both parties fail to reach a compromise.
