break-down

A form of breakdown — A failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature.

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Meanings

nounbreak-down (plural break-downs)

plural break-downs

  1. alternativeAlternative form of breakdown.

    I am quite competent to answer all / Demands, in any such capacity— / But of the break-down of my general aims: […]

    1835, Robert Browning, “III.—Paracelsus.”, in Paracelsus, London: Effingham Wilson, […], →OCLC, page 92
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “break-down,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/break-down.

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