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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";

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

Categories: change

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

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How to sign: a mental or physical breakdown

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Similiar / Same: crack-up

Categories: collapse

Within this category: nervous breakdown

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How to sign: separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts

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Similiar / Same: decompose, break up

Categories: separate

Within this category: crack, digest, dissociate

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How to sign: collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack

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Similiar / Same: collapse

Categories: get, have, suffer, sustain

Within this category: fall over

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