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break down


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TO BREAK DOWN


The lift has broken down again.

Synonyms and examples


stop working
I don’t understand it - my phone just stopped working.
crash
When a computer crashes, you reboot.
fail
The train’s brakes failed, causing it to derail.
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break
fracture
bust
informal
shatter
smash
snap
chip
crack
split
fall apart
breakable
fragile
delicate
brittle
weak
broken
dead
defunct
busted
mainly USinformal
out of order
have had it
informal
kaput
informal
on the blink
informal
on the fritz
USinformal
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If something breaks, or if you break something, it is damaged so that it no longer works or is no longer in perfect condition. If something is easily broken, it is easy to damage that thing. If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working. If something is damaged so that it no longer works or is no longer in perfect condition, it is broken.

TO CRY


The witness broke down on the stand.

Synonyms and examples


cry
She skinned her knee and began to cry.
weep
literary
My lady, why do you weep?
cry your eyes out
Our children cried their eyes out when our dog ran way.
sob your heart out
She waved goodbye to her parents, then went to the gate and sobbed her heart out.
cry buckets
informal
Every time I watch that film, I just cry buckets at the ending.
bawl
I bawled when I found out I didn't win the prize.
sob
He started to sob when he heard his friend had died.
blubber
informaldisapproving
Stop blubbering and pull yourself together!
grizzle
UKdisapproving
The poor baby grizzled every time I put her to bed.
burst into tears
Upon hearing the news, she burst into tears.
curst out crying
When I proposed to him, he said yes then burst out crying.
dissolve into tears
When I confronted her about not finishing her homework before going out, she dissolved into tears.
lose it
informal
She made it all the way through the funeral and then lost it on the car ride home.
tear up
mainly US
I teared up when I heard I had won the contest.
mist over/up
He might have misted up a bit when the choir sang his favorite hymn.
choke up
He got all choked up while trying to give the toast at his son's wedding.
get
informal
The end of that story is so sad - it really gets me!
snivel
Instead of defending himself, he became a snivelling, shaking mess.
turn on the waterworks
old-fashioneddisapproving
She gave me some story about losing her wallet and turned on the waterworks, but I wasn't fooled.

Antonym and example


dry your eyes
Dry your eyes - I'm sure it will all turn out for the best.
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If you cry, you produce tears because of a strong emotion.

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break down


verb
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SAP


Synonyms


impair
cripple
disable
afflict
sap
deplete
reduce
rob
weaken
undermine
tax
wear
enervate
enfeeble
exhaust
debilitate
devitalize
subvert
destroy
ruin
devastate
bleed
drain

LANGUISH


Synonyms


languish
go into decline
droop
flag
faint
diminish
fade
wilt
wither
deteriorate
give away
wane
ebb
waste away
become ill
take sick
sicken
go downhill
dwindle
fail

Antonyms


luxuriate
thrive
prosper
flourish
bloom

RAZE


Synonyms


raze
tear down
pull down
level
fell
flatten
knock down
topple
dismantle
reduce
wreck
smash
demolish
destroy
ruin
wipe out
obliterate
remove

GIVE


Synonyms


give
give way
collapse
slacken
loosen
unbend
ease
relax
relent
bend
retreat
move back
recede
shrink
become soft
sink
deliquesce

FOUNDER


Synonyms


founder
go lame
stagger
limp
hobble
reel
trip
stumble
tumble
fall
lurch
topple
plunge
sprawl
come a cropper
Informal

ROT


Synonyms


go to pieces
fall into decay
deteriorate
degenerate
crumble
rot
spoil
go bad
decay
decompose
putrefy
putresce
disintegrate
wither up
molder

FIZZLE


Synonyms


collapse
founder
fizzle
come to nothing
fail
abort
misfire
fall through
miscarry
come to grief
fall short
miss the mark
flop
Slang
fizzle out
Slang

DIE


Synonyms


die
fail
expire
become inoperative or inactive
run out
lose power
stop
degenerate
rot
wear away
go flat
go stale
lose force
run down

COLLAPSE


Synonyms


collapse
disintegrate
fail
fall through
come to nothing
be in vain
flounder
run aground
flop
Slang
fizzle
Slang
fold
Slang

Antonyms


succeed
triumph
flourish

SAG


Synonyms


sag
weaken
diminish
decline
lose strength
flag
weary
tire
fail
fizzle out

SIMPLIFY


Synonyms


simplify
order
disentangle
boil down
reduce
clarify
shorten
streamline
unscramble

CRACK


Synonyms


crack
break
give way
lose control
become irrational
go to pieces

DISMANTLE


Synonyms


dismantle
disassemble
take apart
strip
undo
dismember

DECOMPOSE


Synonyms


break up
disintegrate
decompose
separate

DISSECT


Synonyms


examine part by part
dissect
analyze
study
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