break down
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Sense: Verb: malfunction
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malfunction, stop working, stop functioning, fail Collocations, give out, go out of order, falter Collocations, fall apart, die Collocations, go kaput , go on the blink , go on the fritz , go haywire , get out of whack , go out of commission, get out of kilter, misbehave, pack up
Sense: Verb: fail
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fail Collocations, flounder Collocations, collapse Collocations, fall through, come to naught, come to nought , come to nothing, fizzle out, be unsuccessful, not succeed, come unstuck
Sense: Verb: analyze
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analyze, analyse , deconstruct, examine Collocations, investigate, dissect, take apart, anatomize, anatomise
Sense: Verb: categorize
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Sense: Verb: have a mental collapse
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have a breakdown, crack Collocations, collapse Collocations, fall apart, melt down, freak out , lose it , wig out , flip out , go to pieces, go off the deep end, lose your cool, have a mental breakdown
Sense: Verb: take apart
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take apart, take down, dismantle, demount, dismount, disassemble
Sense: Verb: demolish
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Sense: Verb: overcome
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overcome Collocations, surmount, defeat Collocations, break Collocations, knock down, topple, destroy Collocations, overwhelm Collocations, break through, push through