BREAK DOWN

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She breaks down when she thinks about the loss. The system breaks down under heavy workload. The old car breaks down every winter. She is breaking down under the pressure of grief. The server is breaking down due to excessive traffic. The refrigerator is breaking down and needs repair. She broke down when she heard the news. The machine broke down during the most critical moment. The bus broke down in the middle of the highway. She was breaking down emotionally when her friend called. The engine was breaking down when the technician arrived. The washing machine was breaking down when the repairman came. She has broken down several times since the loss. The communication has broken down between the departments. The heating system has broken down twice this season. She will break down if she keeps everything inside. The system will break down if it is not updated soon. The elevator will break down if it is not maintained regularly. The emotional walls are slowly being broken down. The old infrastructure is being broken down and replaced. The fence was broken down by the storm last night. If she breaks down, her friends will be there to support her. If the system breaks down, the team will lose hours of work. If the car breaks down, they will call for assistance. If she had broken down earlier, she would have healed faster. If the process had broken down earlier, they would have fixed it sooner. If the pipe had broken down earlier, the damage would have been worse. Either she breaks down and cries, or the tension will remain. Either the team fixes it, or the entire operation will break down. Either someone fixes it now, or it will break down completely. She might break down at the funeral if she is not prepared. The network might break down during peak hours. The old bicycle might break down on a long ride. She must break down her emotional barriers to heal. Teams must break down silos to improve collaboration. You must break down your daily tasks to stay organized. She should have broken down and asked for help sooner. The IT team should have broken down the problem before the launch. He should have broken down the moving process into smaller steps. He said that she had broken down after the argument. The manager reported that communication had broken down completely. She told me that her laptop had broken down right before the deadline. The person who breaks down openly is braver than one who hides pain. Organizations where trust breaks down tend to lose their best talent. Appliances that break down frequently end up costing more in repairs. Breaking down is sometimes the first step toward healing. Breaking down complex problems into smaller tasks improves efficiency. Breaking down a big task into small steps makes it more manageable.

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📖 to stop functioning; to lose emotional control

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