breakdown

[ˈbreɪkdaʊn]

Definition:
1. The act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue.
2. A mental or physical breakdown.
3. A cessation of normal operation.
4. An analysis into mutually exclusive categories.

Use 'breakdown' in a sentence:

1. The first is family breakdown.
2. First, let's look at a breakdown of the costs.
3. It becomes a breakdown process where everything ends up accelerating until it's all gone.
4. But it's a pretty good breakdown.
5. Future-mindedness contributes to the disorder in American life, the obliviousness to history, the high rates of family breakdown, the frenzied waste of natural resources.
6. She's still recovering from her breakdown.
7. Our car had a breakdown on the motorway.
8. Disputes between parents, breakdown of a family and improper ways of education can lead to adolescents forming negative personalities and even committing an offence.
9. My personal life was terrible. My mother had died, and a couple of years later I had a breakdown.
10. He thinks that breaking with tradition leads to all sorts of social problems, serious problems, even the breakdown of the fabric of society.
11. After news of this new court case Ford broke down again, though he blamed the breakdown on his work.
12. Her old car was unreliable, so the trip was plagued by breakdowns.
13. She had a sort of breakdown some years ago, and since then she has been very shy.
14. The breakdown of the negotiations was not unexpected.
15. He was unable to hold down a job after his breakdown.
16. We fear the breakdown of the electric grid, the end of non-renewable resources, the expansion of deserts, the loss of islands, and the pollution of our air and water.
17. I'd like a breakdown of these figures, please.
18. Proper selection will eliminate one source of likely breakdown in the communication cycle.
19. He argues that the breakdown in the legal system has spawned a black market.
20. She is not herself. She came near to a breakdown.
21. The organisers were given a breakdown of the costs.
22. If you stop on the hard shoulder, wait for the police or breakdown service.
23. Susan had a mental breakdown and was diagnosed with schizophrenia.
24. The most probable causes of interruption in the past have been accidental damage or breakdown, and these can usually be dealt with expeditiously.
25. These early versions were rudimentary, inaccurate, and prone to breakdown.
26. The breakdown of law and order could result in killing on a massive scale.
27. The combined effects of those trends and the political tensions they generate point to the breakdown of governments and societies.
28. I suffered a nervous breakdown. It was a traumatic experience.
29. The organizers were given a breakdown of the costs.
30. Catalase catalyes the breakdown of hydrogen peroxide.
31. The breakdown could be important.
32. In the case of dielectric breakdown, a different type of acceleration occurs.
33. Her mother suffered a nervous breakdown.
34. Individualism, and the breakdown of social harmony, had a constructive purpose. But they also carried a price.
35. He cited his heavy workload as the reason for his breakdown.
36. The breakdown was due to a mechanical failure.
37. Ms. Carey appeared to blame her breakdown on EMI's punishing work schedule.
38. He was the innocent party in the breakdown of the marriage.
39. I had a nervous breakdown, everything just seemed to cave in on top of me.
40. Ms Carey appeared to blame her breakdown on EMI's punishing work schedule.
41. He managed to evade capture because of the breakdown of a police computer.
42. If there were a breakdown of law and order, the army might be tempted to intervene.
43. His wife would not be able to cope and might suffer a nervous breakdown.
44. It was plain to him that I was having a nervous breakdown.
45. It didn't come as a shock to learn that the fuel and cooling systems are the most common causes of breakdown.
46. His remarks led to the breakdown of talks between the staff and the management.
47. They often seem depressed and close to emotional breakdown.
48. The breakdown in talks represents a temporary setback in the peace process.