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A failure, particularly mechanical; something that has failed
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We saw a breakdown by the side of the road.
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A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability
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After so much stress, he suffered a breakdown and simply gave up.
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Listing, division or categorization in great detail
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Looking at the breakdown of the budget, I see a few items we could cut.
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A detailed description of a forthcoming project, including the characters and roles required.
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Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.
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A musical technique by which the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, varying in heaviness depending on the genre.
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A loss of organization (of the parts of a system).
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A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, common in Southern United States African American music.
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Any crude, noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.
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Any rapid bluegrass dance tune, especially featuring a five-string banjo.
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"Foggy Mountain Breakdown"
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The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music.