TO BREAK DOWN

Definition: TO BREAK DOWN

TO BREAK DOWN

1. (a) To crush; to overwhelm; as, to break down one's strength; to break down opposition. (b) To remove, or open a way through, by breaking; as, to break down a door or wall.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Crosswords: TO BREAK DOWN

You see, I have no plans to break down her morals. (Dangerous Liaisons; writing credit: Christopher Hampton. based on the novel 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' by Choderlos de Laclos.)

Radio! God, this is going to break down a lot of walls. (Inherit the Wind; writing credit: Jerome Lawrence; Robert E. Lee)

I tried all night not to break down and cry (Something To Believe In; performing artist: Poison)

A time to build up, a time to break down ("Turn Turn Turn"; performing artist: The Byrds)

So before they come to break down the door (Delilah; performing artist: Tom Jones)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

View of the foundry department breaker house. Photograph by Jet Lowe, 1979. (Reproduction Number: HAER, MONT, 12-ANAC.V,1-4) The copper mining town of Anaconda is known for the manufacture and sale of hardware, machinery, and supplies for mining companies. It is also known for its precast building parts and ornaments, such as storefronts and lampposts, made from recycled scrap iron. The Anaconda Reduction Department's breaker house shown here was built around 1900 to break down scrap iron before it was shipped to the furnace for melting and eventual reuse. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

For those who had seen me made such wonderful reports, that the people were ready to break down the doors to come in.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

This unusual diet, called the ketogenic diet, causes the body to break down fats instead of carbohydrates to survive. (references)

The enzyme comes in liquid form. Three to 10 drops are added per serving just before eating to break down the gas-producing sugars. (references)

The weight loss occurs because the body does not secrete enough pancreatic enzymes to break down food, so nutrients are not absorbed normally. (references)

Civil Liberties

Ukraine

In July unknown assailants attempted to break down the door of Valentyna Vasylchenko, a reporter for the Cherkasy newspaper Antenna. (references)

Economic History

Trinidad and Tobago

The NAR began to break down when the Indian component withdrew in 1988. Basdeo Panday, leader of the old United Labor Front (ULF), formed the new opposition with the UNC. (references)

Human Rights

Russia

Guards reportedly severely discipline prisoners to break down resistance; at times guards humiliated, beat, and starved prisoners. (references)

Women

Portugal

Its success demonstrates an increased public awareness, which reportedly is helping to break down the social reluctance to report cases of domestic violence. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Chinese 

碎 (cliff, fragmentary, to break into pieces). (various references)

Danish

blive defekt (to foul, to get out of order). (various references)

Dutch

onklaar raken (break down), onklaar komen (to foul, to get out of order), defect worden (to foul, to get out of order), defect raken (to foul, to get out of order). (various references)

French

tomber en panne (to foul, to get out of order), se mal livrer (to foul, to get out of order), se détraquer (to foul, to get out of order), mal s'engager (to foul, to get out of order). (various references)

German

zusammenbrechen (break down, cave in, collapse, come to a standstill, crash, crumble, fail, fall apart, give way, to collapse). (various references)

Greek 

παθαίνω βλάβη (to foul, to get out of order). (various references)

Hungarian

lerombol (bulldoze, demolish, lay low, rase, raze, ruin, to demolish, to destroy, to knock down, to lay flat, to lay low, to pull down, to tear down, to vandalize), elromlik (go phut, go wrong, to addle, to crap out, to get spoiled, to go bad, to go on the fritz, to go phut, to go wrong), defektet kap (to lay down). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

転ける (to be ruined, to collapse, to die, to drop, to fall, to fall senseless, to have a bad debt, to succumb to), ポーランド語 (beeper, death, drink, drip, fall drop by drop, fried potato, mail box, making up only parts of one's face instead of doing a full make-up job, pager, pocket, pocket bell, pocket bike, pocket computer, pocket money, pocket monster, pocketable, pocket-size, pod, poem, poetic, poetical, poetry, point, point and shoot, point getter, point of sales system, point of view, point size, pointer, pointing, poison, pole, Polish, poll, polling, ponytail, pop, pop art, pop country, pop fly, pop gospel, pop jazz, popgroup, poppy, pops, popular, popular music, pop-up, pop-up window, POS system, position, positioning, positive, positive film, positron, possibility, post, post-, post office, postcard, post-doc, poster, poster color, poster session, poster value, Post-It, postmaster, postmodern, post-process, postscript, post-season, pot, potato, potato chip, potato chips, pot-au-feu, potency, potential, pottering, soup, to fail), �'れる (to be ruined, to collapse, to die, to drop, to fall, to fall senseless, to go bankrupt, to have a bad debt, to succumb to), �'ける (to be ruined, to collapse, to die, to drop, to fall, to fall senseless, to have a bad debt, to succumb to), 壊す (to break). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たおれる (to be ruined, to collapse, to die, to drop, to fall, to fall senseless, to go bankrupt, to have a bad debt, to succumb to), ポシャる (to fail), �"わす (to break), �"ける (to be ruined, to collapse, to die, to drop, to fall, to fall senseless, to have a bad debt, to succumb to). (various references)

Pig Latin

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frango. (various references)

tbish. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: breakdown.

-3 letters: beadwork, bearwood, bentwood, danewort, datebook, downbeat, ratooned, rawboned, takedown, teakwood, teardown, wanderoo, workboat.

-4 letters: aborted, bandore, baronet, bartend, bookend, borated, bowknot, bradoon, broaden, brooked, browned, donator, kotowed, kotower, network, odonate, odorant, onboard, reboant, rowboat, tabooed, tabored, tandoor, tornado, troaked.

-5 letters: ardent, atoned, atoner, awoken, bander, banked, banker, banter, barked, beknot, betook, boated.

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