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Antonyms for break down
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : breyk |
Phonetic Transcription : breɪk |
- accomplish
- achieve
- advance
- agree
- aid
- appear
- append
- arrange
- arrive
- ascend
- assemble
- assist
- associate
- attach
- attain
- be born
- be calm
- be happy
- be indifferent
- be vague
- bear
- beautify
- begin
- benefit
- bless
- bloom
- build
- calm
- capture
- clarify
- clean
- clean up
- cleanse
- clear
- clear up
- climb
- close
- clothe
- cloud
- coagulate
- code
- collect
- combine
- commence
- complete
- complicate
- compliment
- compose
- conceal
- concentrate
- confuse
- connect
- conquer
- construct
- continue
- convince
- correct
- couple
- cover
- create
- defend
- delight
- deliver
- deny
- develop
- dirty
- disallow
- disarrange
- disintegrate
- disorder
- disorganize
- distort
- do well
- earn
- encode
- enhance
- enlarge
- enlighten
- esteem
- estimate
- exclude
- expand
- explain
- extend
- fasten
- fight
- finish
- fix
- flatten
- flourish
- forge
- forget
- forward
- function properly
- gain
- gather
- give birth
- gloat
- go up
- grow
- guess
- help
- hesitate
- hide
- hold
- honor
- ignore
- improve
- increase
- integrate
- join
- keep
- learn
- leave alone
- link
- live
- lose
- maintain
- make difficult
- make well
- marry
- meld
- mend
- merit
- misrepresent
- misunderstand
- mix up
- moralize
- muddle
- muddy
- mull
- mystify
- neaten
- neglect
- obscure
- obtain
- oppose
- order
- organize
- overcome
- overthrow
- perplex
- persuade
- place
- plan
- please
- praise
- preserve
- procure
- progress
- prolong
- prosper
- purify
- put together
- question
- raise
- reach
- refuse
- repair
- resolve
- respect
- restore
- retain
- revive
- right
- rise
- save
- scale
- scatter
- scramble
- sew
- smooth
- solidify
- soothe
- stagnate
- start
- stay
- straighten
- strengthen
- succeed
- suppress
- systematize
- tangle
- tidy
- unite
- unmix
- unsettle
- upgrade
- validate
- wait
- waver
- win
- withhold
- wonder
Definition of break down
Origin :- Old English brecan "to break, shatter, burst; injure, violate, destroy, curtail; break into, rush into; burst forth, spring out; subdue, tame" (class IV strong verb; past tense bræc, past participle brocen), from Proto-Germanic *brekan (cf. Old Frisian breka, Dutch breken, Old High German brehhan, German brechen, Gothic brikan), from PIE root *bhreg- "to break" (see fraction). Most modern senses were in Old English. In reference to the heart from early 13c. Meaning "to disclose" is from early 13c.
- Break bread "share food" (with) is from late 14c. Break the ice is c.1600, in reference to the "coldness" of encounters of strangers. Break wind first attested 1550s. To break (something) out (1890s) probably is an image from dock work, of freeing cargo before unloading it. Ironic theatrical good luck formula break a leg has parallels in German Hals- und Beinbruch "break your neck and leg," and Italian in bocca al lupo. Evidence of a highly superstitious craft (cf. Macbeth).
- As in inculcate : verb implant, infuse information
- As in indoctrinate : verb brainwash
- As in misfire : verb fail
- As in perish : verb die, decline, decay
- As in putrefy : verb rot
- As in raze : verb flatten, knock down; wipe out
- As in resolve : verb make up one's mind; find solution
- As in rot : verb corrode, deteriorate
- As in simplify : verb make easy, intelligible
- As in sob : verb cry hard
- As in spell out : verb clarify, explain
- As in spoil : verb decay, turn bad
- As in succumb : verb die or surrender
- As in taint : verb dirty, contaminate; ruin
- As in turn : verb become sour or tainted
- As in weep : verb cry
- As in wilt : verb sag, fail
- As in choke up : verb be overcome with emotion
- As in fall apart : verb disintegrate
- As in act up (malfunction) : verb to malfunction
- As in molder : verb decay
- As in anatomize : verb analyze
- As in fragmentize : verb break
- As in miscarry : verb fail to attain goal
- As in clarify : verb explain, make clear
- As in classify : verb categorize
- As in propagandize : verb indoctrinate
- As in come unglued : verb lose one's cool
- As in crack : verb lose self-control
- As in crumple : verb make or become wrinkled
- As in cry : verb weep and make sad sounds
- As in decipher : verb figure out, understand
- As in decompose : verb rot, break up
- As in decompose : verb analyze by taking apart
- As in destroy : verb demolish, devastate
- As in die : verb wither, dwindle
- As in disintegrate : verb fall apart; reduce to pieces
- As in dismantle : verb take apart
- As in disorganize : verb disrupt arrangement; make shambles of
- As in dissect : verb analyze
- As in dissolve : verb disappear, disintegrate
- As in divide : verb separate, disconnect
- As in explain : verb make clear; give a reason for
- As in fail : verb be unsuccessful
- As in fall : verb descend; become lower
- As in founder : verb go under, fail
- As in freak out : verb lose control
- I am haunted by the thought that my car may break down when I have a load of wounded.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- I realize it more and more every day, but I will stick it out till I break down.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- There is a refuge for him, a defence, a safeguard which no material attack can break down.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- It would not do for her to break down while he was locked up?
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- Yet it seemed to her that now, at last, she might break down and cry.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- Go outside and fetch a little brandy, or I foresee that you'll break down.'
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- I am not going to break down; but—but there is a photograph of Rogie when he was very small—'
- Extract from : « Echoes of the War » by J. M. Barrie
- I break down before the knowledge of what I want to say to you.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- We may not be able to see through the lead curtains, but we can break down the door.
- Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
- She dared not speak, knowing that if she made the attempt she must break down.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
Synonyms for break down
- abate
- abort
- abridge
- abscind
- accede
- account for
- acidify
- addle
- adulterate
- agree
- allocate
- allot
- alphabetize
- analyze
- anatomize
- annihilate
- annotate
- annul
- answer
- arrange
- assort
- atomize
- axe
- back wrong horse
- backfire
- backslide
- bankrupt
- bare
- bate
- batter
- bawl
- be defeated
- be demoted
- be destroyed
- be found lacking
- be in vain
- be killed
- be lost
- be precipitated
- be ruined
- become deranged
- become insane
- become limp
- become rancid
- become speechless
- become tainted
- become useless
- bemoan
- besmirch
- bewail
- bisect
- bite the dust
- blacken
- blemish
- blight
- blot
- blot out
- blow a gasket
- blow down
- blow one's mind
- blow one's stack
- blow one's top
- blow up
- blub
- blubber
- blunder
- blur
- boil down
- bomb
- boohoo
- bow
- brainwash
- branch
- brand
- break
- break apart
- break down
- break into pieces
- break it down
- break up
- brief
- bring out
- buckle
- bug out
- bulldoze
- burst into tears
- butcher
- button down
- buy the farm
- capitulate
- capsize
- carve
- cascade
- cast a slur
- cast down
- catalogue
- caterwaul
- cave
- cave in
- cease
- chasten
- check out
- choke up
- choose
- chop
- cipher
- clarify
- class
- clean it up
- clean up
- clear up
- cleave
- clinch
- cloud
- clue in
- clutter
- codify
- collapse
- collocate
- come apart
- come apart at the seams
- come to naught
- come to nothing
- come unglued
- come unstuck
- come unwrapped
- communicate
- complain
- complicate
- conclude
- confound
- confuse
- conk out
- construe
- consume
- convince
- cook
- coordinate
- correlate
- corrupt
- crack
- crack up
- crash
- cream
- crease
- crimp
- crimple
- crinkle
- croak
- cross
- crud up
- crumble
- crush
- cry
- cry a river
- cry convulsively
- cry eyes out
- curdle
- cut
- cut down
- cut the frills
- cut up
- damage
- deal with
- debase
- debauch
- decay
- decease
- decide
- decimate
- decipher
- decline
- decode
- decompose
- decompound
- decrease
- decree
- deduce
- deface
- defer
- defile
- define
- degenerate
- delete
- delineate
- deliquesce
- demarcate
- demise
- demobilize
- demolish
- demonstrate
- demoralize
- denudate
- denude
- depart
- deplore
- deprave
- depreciate
- deprive
- derange
- descend
- describe
- design
- desolate
- despoil
- destroy
- detach
- deteriorate
- determine
- diagram
- dichotomize
- diffuse
- dilapidate
- diminish
- dip
- disappear
- disarrange
- disarray
- disassemble
- disband
- disclose
- discolor
- discompose
- disconnect
- discreate
- discredit
- disengage
- disentangle
- disgrace
- dishevel
- dishonor
- disimprove
- disintegrate
- disinvolve
- disjoin
- dislocate
- dismantle
- dismember
- dismount
- disorder
- disorganize
- dispatch
- disperse
- dispose
- disrobe
- dissect
- dissever
- dissipate
- dissociate
- dissolve
- dissolve in tears
- distill
- distinguish
- distribute
- disturb
- disunite
- dive
- divest
- divide
- divorce
- docket
- doctor
- dope out
- drag
- draw a map
- draw a picture
- drill
- drip
- droop
- drop
- drop down
- drum into
- dry up
- dull
- dwindle
- dynamite
- ease
- ease off
- eat crow
- ebb
- educate
- efface
- elect
- elucidate
- embody
- embroil
- encipher
- end
- eradicate
- erase
- evaluate
- evanesce
- evaporate
- examine
- excuse
- expire
- explain
- explicate
- explode
- explore
- expound
- expunge
- exterminate
- extinguish
- extirpate
- facilitate
- fade
- fade away
- fade out
- fail
- faint
- fall
- fall apart
- fall flat
- fall short
- fall through
- fall to bits
- fall to pieces
- fall victim to
- fathom
- fell
- ferment
- fester
- figure
- file
- fill someone in
- find the key
- fix
- fizz out
- fizzle
- fizzle out
- flag
- flake out
- flip
- flip one's lid
- flip out
- flop
- flounder
- fly off the handle
- fold
- fold up
- formulate
- foul
- founder
- fragment
- fret
- function go on the blink
- get across
- get down to basics
- get to the meat
- give a bad name
- give in
- give in to
- give out
- give up the ghost
- give way
- go
- go ape
- go astray
- go bad
- go ballistic
- go bananas
- go berserk
- go bonkers
- go crazy
- go down
- go down swinging
- go downhill
- go haywire
- go into detail
- go lame
- go nuts
- go off
- go off the deep end
- go to bottom
- go to pieces
- go to pot
- go under
- go up in smoke
- go wrong
- grade
- gravitate
- grieve
- groan
- ground
- group
- gut
- halt
- halve
- hammer into
- harm
- hit bottom
- hit the ceiling
- hit the dirt
- hit the high spots
- hit the skids
- howl
- hurt
- illuminate
- illustrate
- imbue
- impair
- impart
- implant
- impress
- improperly
- incorporate
- inculcate
- index
- indoctrinate
- infect
- influence
- initiate
- inquire about
- inseminate
- inspect
- instill
- instruct
- intend
- interpret
- intersect
- investigate
- iron out
- isolate
- jam
- jumble
- justify
- keel over
- keen
- kick the bucket
- kill
- knock down
- knuckle
- knuckle under
- label
- lament
- land
- languish
- lapse
- lay bare
- lay out
- lay waste
- lessen
- let daylight in
- let go
- let it all out
- let it out
- let sunlight in
- let up
- level
- lick
- liquidate
- litter
- loose
- lose control
- lose control of oneself
- lose it
- lose life
- lose one's composure
- lose one's cool
- lose one's mind
- lose one's temper
- lose out
- lose power
- lose status
- lurch
- maim
- make a point of
- make clear
- make out
- make perfectly clear
- make plain
- malfunction
- manifest
- mar
- maraud
- match
- meet waterloo
- meet with disaster
- melt
- melt away
- mess up
- mewl
- mildew
- miscarry
- misfire
- mislay
- misplace
- miss
- miss fire
- miss the boat
- miss the mark
- moan
- moderate
- molder
- mourn
- mow down
- muddle
- muddy
- mummify
- mutilate
- name
- nose-dive
- not work
- nuke
- nullify
- number
- obliterate
- OD
- order
- organize
- overthrow
- overturn
- pack it in
- pan out
- paraphrase
- part
- part out
- partition
- pass
- pass away
- pass on
- pass upon
- peg
- perish
- perturb
- pervert
- peter out
- pigeonhole
- pitch
- plant
- play into
- plummet
- plunge
- point out
- poison
- pollute
- poop out
- program
- propose
- pucker
- pull away
- pull down
- pulverize
- purpose
- put across
- put away
- put down as
- put down for
- put in a nutshell
- put in plain English
- put on the weeps
- put one straight
- put out of order
- putrefy
- putresce
- puzzle out
- quarter
- quash
- quell
- quit
- range
- rank
- rank out
- rankle
- rate
- rationalize
- ravage
- ravish
- raze
- read
- recede
- reduce
- refine
- regiment
- regress
- regret
- relapse
- remain firm
- remove
- rend
- render
- resolve
- retrograde
- reveal
- rimple
- ring the blues
- rot
- rub out
- ruck
- ruin
- rule
- rumple
- run aground
- run down
- run low
- run out
- rupture
- sabotage
- scatter
- school
- scramble
- scratch out
- screw
- scrunch
- scrutinize
- section
- segment
- segregate
- separate
- set right
- settle
- sever
- shame
- shape up
- shatter
- shear
- shed bitter tears
- shed light on
- shed tears
- shorten
- show white flag
- shrivel
- shuffle
- sigh
- simplify
- sink
- size
- size up
- slacken
- slay
- slip
- slope
- slump
- smash
- smear
- sniff
- snivel
- snuff out
- sob
- soil
- solve
- sorrow
- sort
- sour
- spell
- spell out
- spike
- spill
- spin
- splinter
- split
- split up
- spoil
- spoliate
- sprawl
- squall
- stagger
- stain
- stall
- stamp out
- stigmatize
- stink
- stop
- stop running
- straighten out
- streamline
- strike
- strike out
- strip
- study
- stumble
- subdivide
- submerge
- submerse
- submit
- subside
- subvert
- succumb
- sully
- sunder
- suppress
- swallow up
- systematize
- tab
- tabulate
- tag
- taint
- take a header
- take a stand
- take apart
- take down
- take one's measure
- take the count
- take to pieces
- tar
- tarnish
- teach
- tear
- tear down
- tear up
- tell
- think through
- throw down
- throw in the towel
- throw light on
- throw light upon
- ticket
- tip over
- topple
- torpedo
- toss
- total
- totter
- trail
- train
- translate
- trash
- trip
- tumble
- turn
- turn on waterworks
- turn out badly
- turn to dust
- turn topsy-turvy
- type
- typecast
- ululate
- unbind
- unbuild
- undertake
- undo
- unfold
- unmake
- unravel
- unriddle
- unrig
- unscramble
- unsettle
- untangle
- unzip
- upset
- vanish
- vaporize
- wad
- wail
- wane
- warp
- wash away
- wash out
- waste
- waste away
- water
- water down
- wax
- weaken
- wear away
- weep
- whimper
- whine
- wig out
- will
- wilt
- wipe out
- wither
- wizen
- work
- work oneself up
- work out
- work over
- work through
- worsen
- wrack
- wreck
- wrinkle
- yammer
- yield
- yowl
- zap
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