Breaking down and Help

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Help is an antonym for breaking down in topics: demolish, dirty, decay.

Help verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.

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Breaking down is an antonym for help.

Nearby Words: helpful, helped, helpless, helper, helping

The guests at Junior's bachelor party hear Junior beating and raping Ebony on the other side of the door, and instead of breaking down the door or calling for help, leave her alone with Junior.

Source: Film / The Players Club
Once he gets around to writing the Requiem Mass, though, he starts breaking down physically and mentally, and you can't help but feel sorry him.

Source: Jerkass Woobie / Film
Or how about Carrying Cathy, which sounds like a love song, but is actually about a chronically depressed girl who always latched onto people to help get her through life, until finally breaking down and committing suicide.

Source: Lyrical Dissonance / Alternative

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