breakdown

  1. Noun.  A failure, particularly mechanical; something that has failed.
  2. Noun.  A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability.
  3. Noun.  Listing, division or categorization in great detail.
  4. Noun.  (chemistry) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.
  5. Noun.  A musical technique, by where the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, and can vary in heaviness depending on the genre.
  6. Noun.  (sports) A loss of organization (of the parts of a system).

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