Breakdown
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A failure, particularly mechanical; something that has failed A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability Listing, division or categorization in great detail Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements. A musical technique, by where the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, and can vary in heaviness depending on the genre
Example sentence: I can't think of a single example of two mature democracies going to war with each other in the 20th century. It's where there was an absence of democracy and a breakdown of democracy that we finish up with these wars.
Partitioning
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To divide something into parts, sections or shares