"breakdowns" in the noun sense
1. dislocation, breakdown
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. breakdown, crack-up
a mental or physical breakdown
3. decomposition, rot, rotting, putrefaction, breakdown
biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
4. breakdown, equipment failure
a cessation of normal operation
"there was a power breakdown"
5. breakdown, partitioning
an analysis into mutually exclusive categories
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