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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
breakdown
    n 1: 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" [syn: dislocation, breakdown]
    2: a mental or physical breakdown [syn: breakdown, crack-up]
    3: a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power
       breakdown" [syn: breakdown, equipment failure]
    4: an analysis into mutually exclusive categories [syn:
       breakdown, partitioning]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Breakdown \Break"down`\, n.
   1. The act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage;
      downfall.
      [1913 Webster]

   2.
      (a) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in
          competitively by a number of persons or pairs in
          succession, as among the colored people of the
          Southern United States, and so called, perhaps,
          because the exercise is continued until most of those
          who take part in it break down.
      (b) Any rude, noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet,
          usually by one person at a time. [U.S.]
          [1913 Webster]

                Don't clear out when the quadrilles are over,
                for we are going to have a breakdown to wind up
                with.                             --New Eng.
                                                  Tales.
          [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Breakdown:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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