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Broken Break Door Force Etc)to Open Resulting Breaking

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break down
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to use force on (a door etc)to cause it to open, sometimes resulting in breaking it: we had to break the door down because we lost the key. 2 to stop working properly: My car has broken down. 3 to fail; to be unsuccessful and so come to an end: The talks have broken down. 4 to be overcome withemotion: She broke down and wept. 5to divide into parts: The results can be broken down in several ways. The chemist has broken the compund down into its parts.

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