Break-down

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of breakdown. alt-of, alternative

    "I am quite competent to answer all / Demands, in any such capacity— / But of the break-down of my general aims: […]"

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decompositioncrack upanalysisanalyzationanatomizinganatomy

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"The increase in amateur stealing on the part of middle-class youth indicates a break-down in the morality of the affluent."

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