BREAKDOWNS Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

breakdowns

noun

plural of breakdown

as in anxieties

a mental or nervous collapse if you don't ease your workload, you're going to have a breakdown

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as in analyses

the separation and identification of the parts of a whole the boss wanted a detailed breakdown of the sales figures

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Recent Examples of breakdowns Gildea and Sergay served as codirectors and coproducers of Dunham’s recent hit Famesick, in which the Girls creator details years’ worth of breakthroughs and breakdowns. — Brian Raftery, Vanity Fair, 6 Oct. 2026 If there are no major complaints or visible breakdowns, renewal feels like the low-risk choice. — Stephen Sokoler, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026 The factors behind the breakdowns in Tennessee have popped up again and again across the country — and show how easily another botched execution could occur, even as soon as the ones planned Wednesday in Texas and next week in Florida. — Keri Blakinger, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2026 According to the suit, the issues led to at least one collision and two train breakdowns that stranded hundreds of travelers in the heat. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026 With Israeli bans on importing fuel, engine oil, and spare parts, breakdowns often become indefinite. — Ghada Abdulfattah, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2026 Third-year pro Mason McCormick was beaten with a swim move for a sack, and the group as a whole had numerous collective breakdowns. — Mike Defabo, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026 But the debate has been difficult to settle because Irish national crime statistics do not routinely publish nationality breakdowns, leaving limited public data to test competing claims. — Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026 The platform brings together scripts, notes, budgets, location photography and production breakdowns, with the aim of streamlining information management across the production workflow. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026

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Noun

This had resulted in several nervous breakdowns during my first few weeks back home.

— Joe Manganiello, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
Some people in Caracas and surrounding areas suffered nervous breakdowns following the events of Wednesday afternoon, compounded by warnings that their homes might collapse.

— Gustavo Ocando Alex, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026

Definition of nervous breakdowns

Noun

County and regional leaders can use and are using the insights from the economic analyses to inform decision-making across industries, including planning and development.

— Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
After taking down such accounts, companies would write reports and researchers (including us) would publish analyses to explain the evolving tactics, techniques, and procedures of online influence campaigns.

— RENÉE DIRESTA, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of analyses

Noun

Atomic nuclei are far smaller and better shielded from external disturbances than outer electrons.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026
The military prison study assessed whether the gloves could be used effectively to forcibly remove combative prisoners from their cells, to respond to disturbances in common areas and to transport uncooperative inmates.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of disturbances

Noun

Beleshayi told Semafor his own inspections had found the same pattern.

— Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Our teams generate enormous amounts of information through work orders, building systems, staffing, purchasing, inspections, utilities, customer requests, asset histories and budgets.

— Justin Wisor, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of inspections

Noun

With many in the party pushing for investigations of potential malfeasance by the administration, party leaders will face tough choices about consequences if those probes do turn up wrongdoing.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026
During the same briefing, the administration also announced investigations into nine universities, including Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, over alleged misuse of exchange-visitor visas.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026

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