break down
(MACHINE) — phrasal verb with break /breɪk/ verb (broke, broken)Definition
B2 If a machine or vehicle breaks down, it stops working: Our car broke down and we had to push it off the road.Not functioning
(Definition of break down (MACHINE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- burn out phrasal verb (BREAK)
- conk out phrasal verb
- deactivate verb
- dead adjective (EQUIPMENT)
- defunct adjective
- disable verb (MACHINE)
- disable verb (PERSON)
- freeze verb (STOP WORKING)
- haywire adjective
- idle adjective (NOT WORKING)
- incapacitate verb
- on the blink idiom
- outage noun
- shot adjective (DESTROYED)
- shudder to a halt idiom
- shut (sth) down phrasal verb
- shut (sth) off phrasal verb
- whack noun (NOT RIGHT)
- wrong adjective (NOT WORKING)
- wrong adverb
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