(countable) A failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature.
Whenever he was behind the wheel, he would panic at the first sign of a breakdown.
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(countable) Something, such as a vehicle, that has experienced a mechanical failure.
We saw a breakdown by the side of the road.
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(uncountable) Separation of a thing into components; decomposition, fragmentation; (countable) an instance of this.
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