BROKEN DOWN: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for BROKEN DOWN?

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Associations of "Broken down" (30 Words)

blighted	Affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity. Blighted urban districts.
collapse	Cause a lung or blood vessel to collapse. The collapse of a railway bridge.
curtail	Place restrictions on. Civil liberties were further curtailed.
debase	Corrupt debase or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones. War debases people.
declension	A class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms. The first declension in Latin.
declivity	A downward slope or bend. A thickly wooded declivity.
decrease	The amount by which something decreases. The population of the area has decreased radically.
demoralize	Corrupt the morals of (someone. The General Strike had demoralized the trade unions.
descend	(of night or darkness) begin to occur. Groups of visiting supporters descended on a local pub.
descending	Moving or sloping downwards. The categories are listed in descending order of usefulness.
descent	An unexpected visit. The plane had gone into a steep descent.
destroyed	Destroyed physically or morally. Alzheimer s is responsible for her destroyed mind.
downturn	A worsening of business or economic activity. A downturn in the housing market.
downward	Towards a lower place, point, or level. The downward pull of gravity.
drop	An instance of falling or dropping. I got to the depot and made the drop.
fall	An act of falling or collapsing. A fall from virtue.
falling	Coming down freely under the influence of gravity. Falling temperatures.
flop	With a flopping sound. He landed on the bed with a great flop.
irremediable	Impossible to remedy or correct or redress. Irremediable marital breakdowns.
irreparable	Impossible to repair, rectify, or amend. They were doing irreparable damage to my heart and lungs.
irreparably	In an irreparable manner or to an irreparable degree. His eye had been damaged irreparably.
low	Of a vowel pronounced with the tongue held low in the mouth open. The weatherman talked about highs and lows.
lower	Move something or somebody to a lower position. Lower expectations.
reduction	The amount by which something is made smaller, less, or lower in price. We must see if the fracture requires reduction.
rundown	(of a company or industry) in a poor economic state. He gave his teammates a rundown on the opposition.
shattered	Exhausted. He was said to be absolutely shattered after losing his job.
sink	Cause a ship to sink. The doctor concluded that the lad was sinking fast.
submergence	Sinking until covered completely with water. Politicians may be blamed for submergence of principle.
substrate	Any stratum or layer lying underneath another. The Celtic languages of Britain are a substrate for English.
under	Under water. An under secretary.