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break down verb

  • (intransitive) To stop functioning. (machine, computer, vehicle)
  • (intransitive) To cease to function. (others)
 tomber en panne
  • (ergative, figuratively) To render or to become unstable due to stress, to collapse physically or mentally.
 tomber en panne, craquer
  • (ergative, figuratively) To divide into parts to give more details, to provide a more indepth analysis of.
 analyser, décomposer
  • (ergative) To (cause to) decay, to decompose.
 se décomposer
break-down
écroulement
to pretend to break down
coup de la panne
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