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English to English verb Example:
• Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination
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make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features |
• analyze a specimen
• analyze a sentence
• analyze a chemical compound
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lose control of one's emotions |
• When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely
• When her baby died, she snapped
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stop operating or functioning |
• The engine finally went
• The car died on the road
• The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town
• The coffee maker broke
• The engine failed on the way to town
• her eyesight went after the accident
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• the building crumbled after the explosion
• Negotiations broke down
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cause to fall or collapse | source: wordnet30
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separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts | source: wordnet30
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collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack | source: wordnet30
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