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noun
- a failure, particularly mechanical; something that has failed
- We saw a by the side of the road.
- a lapse of mental stability
- After so much stress, he simply suffered a and gave up.
- further detail or categorization
- ''Looking at the of the budget, I see a few items we could cut.
- (Chemistry:) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.
- a musical technique, by where the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, and can vary in heaviness depending on the genre
- synonym: degradation
Etymology: break + down
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