Breakdown

noun

'breɪk,daʊn

Noun

the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
“his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London”
Similar:Dislocation
Type of:PerturbationDisruption
a cessation of normal operation
“there was a power breakdown”
Type of:Failure
an analysis into mutually exclusive categories
Similar:Partitioning
Type of:Analysis
(biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
Similar:DecompositionPutrefactionRotRotting
Type of:Decay
a mental or physical breakdown
Similar:Crack-up
Type of:ProstrationCollapse