rikkoutuminen — meaning in English

English meaning

• break verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
• breakage noun The act of breaking.
• breakdown noun A failure, especially of a machine or vehicle.
• breakup noun The end of a romantic relationship.

Senses

rikkoutuminen is used for these senses in English:

• break An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
• breakage The act of breaking.
• breakdown (countable) A failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature.
• breakup The act of breaking up; disintegration or division.

break — full definition

1. verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
2. verb To stop working properly; to malfunction.
3. verb To fail to keep (a promise, rule, or law).
4. verb To interrupt or bring an end to something continuous.
5. noun A short pause or rest from an activity.

breakage — full definition

1. noun The act of breaking.
2. noun Something that has been broken.
3. noun A service which is unused by a customer, such as an unredeemed gift card, which therefore represents a pure profit to the seller.
4. noun The left-over money in a pari-mutuel betting pool resulting from rounding off the payoffs, added to the pool for the next race or event or kept as profit.

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