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1. transitive verb tear down: to destroy something, or cause something to fall or collapse
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2. transitive and intransitive verb become or make emotional: to become upset emotionally, or cause somebody to become upset emotionally
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3. transitive and intransitive verb experience or cause health collapse: to experience, or cause somebody to experience, a physical or psychological collapse
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4. transitive and intransitive verb stop resisting: to yield or end any resistance, or cause somebody to yield or somebody's resistance to end
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5. intransitive verb fail to function properly: to stop working, or stop working properly, effectively, or usefully
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6. transitive and intransitive verb weaken: to become weak and ineffective, or cause somebody or something to become weak and ineffective
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7. transitive verb analyze something by dividing into parts: to analyze or examine something by reducing it to its simplest terms or component parts
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8. intransitive verb be divisible into elements: to divide into separate parts when analyzed, or be reducible to separate parts
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9. transitive and intransitive verb decompose chemically: to decompose chemically, or cause something to undergo chemical decomposition
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10. intransitive verb electrical engineering experience electrical insulation failure: to experience a sudden failure of an insulating material to halt the current flow
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