breakdown

• "the social dislocations resulting from government policies"
• "his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London"

Synonyms

• dislocationan event that results in a displacement or discontinuity ; the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue; a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)

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• crack-upa mental or physical breakdown

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• decompositionthe analysis of a vector field ; in a decomposed state ; (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance ; (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action ; the organic phenomenon of rotting
• rotbreak down; become physically weaker; a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor ; (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action ; unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
• rotting(biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
• putrefactiona state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor ; (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action ; moral perversion

• "there was a power breakdown"

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• equipment failurea cessation of normal operation

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• partitioningan analysis into mutually exclusive categories ; the act of dividing or partitioning