Meaning of breakdown

Definition of breakdown

(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"
a mental or physical breakdown
(biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown"
an analysis into mutually exclusive categories

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