Dictionary definition for: Breakdown
1. (n) 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"
2. (n) a mental or physical breakdown
3. (n) a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown"
4. (n) an analysis into mutually exclusive categories
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