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Synonyms for breakdown

The synonym for breakdown recorded in this bank is dislocation, in the sense "the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line

The synonym for breakdown

dislocationnoun, in the sense "the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for breakdown.

The sensenounTier 4, High CampActions

the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue

His warning came after the breakdown of talks in London.

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The true synonym

dislocation

Same sentence, swapped: His warning came after the dislocation of talks in London.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for breakdown in the sentence quoted.

rot
decomposition
surprise

Where breakdown turns up in the game

breakdown is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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subtractionnoundeductionthe act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)High Camp2 sensesHas a reason line subversionnouncorruptiondestroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyaltyHigh CampHas a reason line surgenounupsurgea sudden or abrupt strong increaseHigh CampHas a reason line vindicationnounexonerationthe act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.High Camp wrongdoingnounmisconductactivity that transgresses moral or civil lawRidgelineHas a reason line yawningadjectivedrowsyshowing lack of attention or boredomRidgeline abandonmentnoundesertionwithdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibilityRidgelineHas a reason line cureverbvulcanizeto harden or set a material by a chemical or physical processHigh CampHas a reason line

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