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— English words —

• breakdown n. A failure, particularly mechanical in nature.
• breakdown n. Something that has experienced a mechanical failure.
• breakdown n. A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability.
• breakdown n. Listing, division or categorization in great detail.
• breakdown n. (Film, television) A detailed description of a forthcoming project, including the characters and roles required.
• breakdown n. (Chemistry) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.
• breakdown n. (Physics) The sudden transition of an electrical insulator to a conductor when subjected to a sufficiently…
• breakdown n. A musical technique by which the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, varying in heaviness depending…
• breakdown n. (Sports) A loss of organization (of the parts of a system).
• breakdown n. (US, dated) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs…
• breakdown n. (US, dated) Any noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.
• breakdown n. (US) Any rapid bluegrass dance tune, especially featuring a five-string banjo.
• breakdown n. (Music) The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music.
• break␣down v. (Intransitive) To stop functioning. (machine, computer, vehicle)
• break␣down v. (Intransitive) To collapse, physically or in structure. (unexpectedly)
• break␣down v. (Intransitive) To demolish, to pull down. (intentionally)
• break␣down v. (Intransitive) To cease to function. (others)
• break␣down v. (Intransitive) To fail, especially socially or for political reasons.
• break␣down v. (Intransitive, idiomatic) To give in, relent, concede, or surrender.
• break␣down v. (Ergative, figuratively) To render or to become unstable due to stress, to collapse physically or mentally.
• break␣down v. (Ergative, figuratively) To render or to become weak and ineffective.
• break␣down v. (Ergative) To (cause to) decay, to decompose.
• break␣down v. (Ergative, figuratively) To divide into parts to give more details, to provide a more indepth analysis of.
• break␣down v. (Ergative) To digest.
• break␣down n. Misspelling of breakdown.

— English words, defined in French —

• breakdown n. Panne.
• breakdown n. Casse, action de casser.
• break␣down v. Tomber en panne, se détraquer.
• break␣down v. Décomposer.
• break␣down v. Se décomposer.
• break␣down v. Éclater en sanglots, s’effondrer en larmes.
• break␣down v. S’effondrer nerveusement, déprimer.
• break␣down v. Clarifier, simplifier.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• break␣down v. Arrombar; abrir à força.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• breakdown s. Rottura, scomposizione.

— In Dutch —

• breakdown n. Instorting.
• breakdown n. Geestelijke inzinking.

154 English words from 25 English definitions

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5 English words from 12 foreign definitions

action Casse Clarifier panne simplifier

23 foreign words from 12 foreign definitions

abrir Arrombar casser décomposer déprimer détraquer Éclater Éclater␣en␣sanglots effondrer en␣panne força Geestelijke Instorting inzinking larmes nerveusement Rottura sanglots scomposizione se␣détraquer s’effondrer Tomber Tomber␣en␣panne

9 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

breakdowns break␣downs breakdown␣lorry breakdown␣point breakdown␣truck breakdown␣points breakdown␣trucks breakdown␣lorries breakdown␣voltage

2 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

mental␣breakdowns nervous␣breakdowns

3 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

mental␣breakdown nervous␣breakdown electrical␣breakdown

14 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Bre BrE Brea break dow Dow down Down down- own rea Rea REA reak

7 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Aer aer- aër- DKA Erb 'erb NWO

4 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

breakdowns break␣downs breaks␣down drawerknob

7 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

bandwork beadwork bear␣down downbear drawknob rawboned raw-boned

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

breaks␣down

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