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Learn to pronounce break·down

/ˈbrākˌdoun/
noun
  1. a mechanical failure.
    "breakdowns could totally disrupt production"
    synonyms: malfunction, failure, seizing up, crash, conking out
  2. a failure of a relationship or system.
    "a breakdown in military discipline"
    synonyms: failure, collapse, disintegration, foundering, falling through, fizzling out
  3. the chemical or physical decomposition of something.
    "the breakdown of ammonia to nitrites"
  4. a lively, energetic American country dance.

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Jeff and Amy Taylor are moving to California and must drive across the country. When they find themselves stranded in the middle of a desert with hardly ...
Medical Definition · 1 of 3 noun. break·​down ˈbrāk-ˌdau̇n. : the action or result of breaking down: as. a. : a failure to function. b. : a physical, mental, or ...

Breakdown

R · 1997 ‧ Thriller/Crime ‧ 1h 33m
7/10 · IMDb 83% · Rotten Tomatoes 74% · Metacritic
On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff (Kurt Russell) and Amy Taylor (Kathleen Quinlan), experience car trouble after an accident. Stranded in the New Mexico desert, the two catch a break when a passing truck driver, Red Barr (J.T....
Release date: May 2, 1997 (USA)
Director: Jonathan Mostow
Box office: $50.2 million
Produced by: Dino De Laurentiis; Martha De Laurentiis

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Breakdown is a 1997 American thriller film directed and co-written by Jonathan Mostow. It stars Kurt Russell, J. T. Walsh and Kathleen Quinlan.