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breaking down
Verb
  • present participle of break down
break down
Verb
  • To fail, to cease to function. intransitive
  • To render or to become unstable due to stress, to collapse physically or mentally. ergative, figuratively
  • To render or to become weak and ineffective. ergative, figuratively
  • To (cause to) decay, to decompose. ergative
  • to divide into parts to give more details, to provide a more indepth analysis of. ergative, figuratively
  • To digest. ergative
Noun
  • Misspelling of breakdown.