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break something down1Demolish a door or other barrier: they had to get the police to break the door down figurative class barriers can be broken down by educational reform...- No one was in the premises when police broke the door down, and detectives were today making further inquiries.
- Eventually the police managed to break the door down, carry her out and bring her here to spend the night.
- When two men inside refused to open the door, police broke it down.
Synonyms knock down, kick down, stave in, smash in, pull down, tear down, demolish, destroy informal bust 2Separate something into a number of parts: each tutorial is broken down into more manageable units...- They broke it down into separate categories such as ‘moral authority’ and ‘crisis leadership.’
- They are made up of 6-10 units that break your job down into separate functions that reflect the different things you do in your job.
- To do it, you have to break the whole operation down into separate, understandable, manageable components.
Synonyms divide, separate rare fractionate 2.1Analyse information: bar graphs show how the information can be broken down...- It also sets out no guidelines on whether votes will be broken down by constituency or nation.
- And one suspects that if the survey results were broken down by geographic region, it would be even less divisive in many red states.
- But that changes when survey respondents are broken down by race.
Synonyms analyse, categorize, classify, sort out, itemize, organize; dissect; examine, investigate rare anatomize 2.2Convert a substance into simpler compounds by chemical action: almost every natural substance can be broken down by bacteria...- Complex chemical units are broken down into more simple substances.
- When starches and refined sugars are eaten together and undergo fermentation they are broken down into carbon dioxide, acetic acid, alcohol and water.
- Proteins are broken down into amino acids and fats are broken down into fatty acids.
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