break down

How to sign: 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";

Similiar / Same: go bad, conk out, fail, give way, die, give out, break, go

Categories: change

Within this category: blow out, crash, malfunction, misfire

breakdown

How to sign: the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
"the social dislocations resulting from government policies"; "his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London";

Similiar / Same: dislocation

Categories: disruption, perturbation

break down

How to sign: fall apart
"the building crimbled after the explosion"; "Negociations broke down";

Similiar / Same: crumble, crumple, collapse, tumble

Categories: change integrity