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breakdown
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[ noun ] the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
Synonyms Examples "the social dislocations resulting from government policies" "his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London" Used in print (The Rev. John A. O'Brien, "Let's Take Birth Control...)The attempt to enforce that belief ushered_in a reign of bootleggers , racketeers , hijackers and gangsters that led to a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history . To try to oppose the general religious and moral conviction of such a majority by a legislative fiat would be to invite the same breakdown of law and order that was occasioned by the ill-starred Prohibition experiment . (Gibson Winter, The Suburban Captivity of the...)The breakdown of social homogeneity in inner_city areas and the spread of inner_city blight account_for the decline of central_city churches . (John F. Hayward, "Mimesis and Symbol in the Arts"...)The breakdown of classical structures of meaning in all realms of western culture has given_rise to several generations of artists who have documented the disintegrative processes . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (medicine) a mental or physical breakdown
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[ noun ] a cessation of normal operation
Synonyms Examples "there was a power failure" |
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[ noun ] an analysis into mutually exclusive categories
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