breakdown
/brˈeɪkdaʊn/
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Noun
the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue; "the social dislocations resulting from government policies"; "his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London"
Noun
a mental or physical breakdown
Noun
a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown"
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an analysis into mutually exclusive categories
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brake failure
dud
engine failure
fault
misfire
nervous breakdown
outage
power failure
power outage
resolution
resolving