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Meanings of breakdown in English

Russian
поломка
Catalan
col·lapse
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Damage or breakage event that compromises the functioning of a system or a machine.

поломка
Catalan
alteració
Spanish
alteración

The act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue.

alteració
Portuguese
avaria
Spanish
avería

A cessation of normal operation.

avaria
Russian
брейкдаун

Part of a song in which various instruments have solo parts (breaks)

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брейкдаун
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Examples for "equipment failure"
Examples for "equipment failure"
1
There's a strong chance, unfortunately, that it was just equipment failure.
Beyond The Frontier: Invincible
2
No damage that we can see, so it might be an equipment failure.
Beyond The Frontier: Guardian
3
May be due to equipment failure, human error or procedural faults.
Reuters
4
They might have even bettered this yesterday except for equipment failure.
The Irish Times
5
We were always one piece of equipment failure away from nothingness.
Sea of Rust
Usage of breakdown in English
1
This year the Northern Ireland political pendulum oscillated between breakthrough and breakdown.
The Irish Times
2
With fears of a breakdown in public order, governments introduced emergency measures.
BBC
3
The rise of divorce means more children are dealing with family breakdown.
The Irish Times
4
The vote breakdown will be disclosed at a later point in time.
Reuters
5
She encouraged the general idea of the verge of a nervous breakdown.
The Enchanted April
6
The exact breakdown of his travels over the past year remains unclear.
The Guardian
7
Every rider travels with a support crew, just in case of breakdown.
Radio NZ
8
The action saved her from a breakdown; and she went in calmly.
Saint's Progress
9
The breakdown Wales's tactical approach is easily seen in their team selection.
The Guardian
10
New Zealand's work at the back of the breakdown was also sloppy.
Radio NZ
11
We have only recently recovered from the resulting breakdown in social order.
Futures 1
12
A breakdown in communications on Saturday, however, put paid to those plans.
The Irish Times
13
There has been a fearful breakdown of internal civil order in Serbia.
The new yorker
14
It was a total breakdown; the army had disappeared, and the artillery.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12
15
The company does not provide a breakdown of revenues from individual countries.
Reuters
16
They looked for breakdown products of a phthalate chemical known as DEHP.
Reuters
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Translations for breakdown
Portuguese
avaria
Breakdown through the time
Breakdown across language varieties
South Africa
Common
Australia
Common
Ireland
Common
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