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• Belarusian: лама́цца (lamácca) — (machine) to stop functioning
• Belarusian: злама́цца (zlamácca) — (machine) to stop functioning
• Chinese Mandarin: 壞了 /坏了 (huài le) — (machine) to stop functioning
• Chinese Mandarin: 出故障 (chū gùzhàng) — (machine) to stop functioning
• Dutch: stukgaan — (machine) to stop functioning
• Dutch: kapot gaan — (machine) to stop functioning
• Dutch: defect raken — (machine) to stop functioning
• Finnish: hajota — (machine) to stop functioning
• Finnish: rikkoutua — (machine) to stop functioning
• Finnish: mennä rikki — (machine) to stop functioning
• Finnish: vikaantua — (machine) to stop functioning
• Finnish: lakata toimimasta — (machine) to stop functioning
• French: tomber en panne — (machine) to stop functioning
• German: versagen — (machine) to stop functioning
• German: den Geist aufgeben — (machine) to stop functioning
• Hungarian: lerobban — (machine) to stop functioning
• Hungarian: bedöglik — (machine) to stop functioning
• Irish: clis — (machine) to stop functioning
• Polish: psuć się — (machine) to stop functioning
• Polish: zepsuć się — (machine) to stop functioning
• Russian: ломаться (lomatʹsja) — (machine) to stop functioning
• Russian: сломаться (slomatʹsja) — (machine) to stop functioning
• Spanish: descomponerse — (machine) to stop functioning
• Spanish: averiarse — (machine) to stop functioning
• Spanish: romperse — (machine) to stop functioning
• Spanish: malograrse — (machine) to stop functioning
• Ukrainian: злама́тися (zlamátysja) — (machine) to stop functioning
• Vietnamese: hỏng — (machine) to stop functioning
• Vietnamese: hỏng hóc — (machine) to stop functioning
• Chinese Mandarin: 當機 /当机 (dàngjī) — (computer) to stop functioning
• Finnish: lakata toimimasta — (computer) to stop functioning
• Finnish: vikaantua — (computer) to stop functioning
• German: abstürzen — (computer) to stop functioning
• German: sich aufhängen — (computer) to stop functioning
• German: hängen — (computer) to stop functioning
• Irish: clis — (computer) to stop functioning
• Ukrainian: злама́тися (zlamátysja) — (computer) to stop functioning
• Ukrainian: впа́сти (vpásty) — (computer) to stop functioning
• Ukrainian: зави́снути (zavýsnuty) — (computer) to stop functioning
• Chinese Mandarin: 拋錨 /抛锚 (pāomáo) — (vehicle) to stop functioning
• Finnish: hajota — (vehicle) to stop functioning
• Finnish: rikkoutua — (vehicle) to stop functioning
• Finnish: mennä rikki — (vehicle) to stop functioning
• German: liegenbleiben — (vehicle) to stop functioning
• German: eine Panne haben — (vehicle) to stop functioning
• Hungarian: lerobban — (vehicle) to stop functioning
• Hungarian: bedöglik — (vehicle) to stop functioning
• Irish: clis — (vehicle) to stop functioning
• Chinese Mandarin: 倒塌 (dǎotā) — to collapse unexpectedly, physically or in structure
• Dutch: uiteenvallen — to collapse unexpectedly, physically or in structure
• Dutch: instorten — to collapse unexpectedly, physically or in structure
• Finnish: romahtaa — to collapse unexpectedly, physically or in structure
• Finnish: sortua — to collapse unexpectedly, physically or in structure
• Finnish: luhistua — to collapse unexpectedly, physically or in structure
• German: einstürzen — to collapse unexpectedly, physically or in structure
• German: zusammenbrechen — to collapse unexpectedly, physically or in structure
• German: zusammenfallen — to collapse unexpectedly, physically or in structure
• Ukrainian: злама́тися (zlamátysja) — to collapse unexpectedly, physically or in structure
• Ukrainian: розвали́тися (rozvalýtysja) — to collapse unexpectedly, physically or in structure
• Ukrainian: руйнува́тися (rujnuvátysja) — to collapse unexpectedly, physically or in structure
• Chinese Mandarin: 拆除 (chāichú) — to pull down intentionally
• Dutch: afbreken — to pull down intentionally
• Dutch: vernietigen — to pull down intentionally
• Dutch: slopen — to pull down intentionally
• Dutch: inslaan — to pull down intentionally
• Finnish: purkaa — to pull down intentionally
• German: abreißen — to pull down intentionally
• German: niederbrechen — to pull down intentionally
• Catalan: avariar-se — to cease to function; (other than above)
• Catalan: espatllar-se — to cease to function; (other than above)
• Chinese Mandarin: 停擺 /停摆 (tíngbǎi) — to cease to function; (other than above)
• Danish: bryde sammen — to cease to function; (other than above)
• Danish: gå itu — to cease to function; (other than above)
• Danish: gå i stykker — to cease to function; (other than above)
• Dutch: kapotgaan — to cease to function; (other than above)
• Dutch: stukgaan — to cease to function; (other than above)
• Dutch: falen — to cease to function; (other than above)
• Esperanto: panei — to cease to function; (other than above)
• Finnish: mennä rikki — to cease to function; (other than above)
• Finnish: hajota — to cease to function; (other than above)
• French: tomber en panne — to cease to function; (other than above)
• Galician: escarallar — to cease to function; (other than above)
• Georgian: გაფუჭდა (gapuč̣da) — to cease to function; (other than above)
• Georgian: მოიშალა (moišala) — to cease to function; (other than above)
• German: kaputtgehen — to cease to function; (other than above)
• Hungarian: felmondja a szolgálatot — to cease to function; (other than above)
• Hungarian: elromlik — to cease to function; (other than above)
• Italian: guastarsi — to cease to function; (other than above)
• Italian: rompersi — to cease to function; (other than above)
• Japanese: 壊れる (kowareru) — to cease to function; (other than above)
• Old Saxon: afbrekan — to cease to function; (other than above)
• Persian: از کار افتادن — to cease to function; (other than above)
• Portuguese: cessar — to cease to function; (other than above)
• Spanish: fallar — to cease to function; (other than above)
• Spanish: descomponerse — to cease to function; (other than above)
• Spanish: averiarse — to cease to function; (other than above)
• Spanish: estropearse — to cease to function; (other than above)
• Spanish: romperse — to cease to function; (other than above)
• Spanish: lagarearse (DEA) — to cease to function; (other than above)
• Swedish: gå sönder — to cease to function; (other than above)
• Turkish: bozulmak — to cease to function; (other than above)
• Chinese Mandarin: 垮臺 /垮台 (kuǎtái) — to fail, especially socially or for political reasons
• Dutch: mislukken — to fail, especially socially or for political reasons
• Finnish: kariutua — to fail, especially socially or for political reasons
• Finnish: mennä pieleen — to fail, especially socially or for political reasons
• German: abbrechen — to fail, especially socially or for political reasons
• German: fehlschlagen — to fail, especially socially or for political reasons
• German: scheitern — to fail, especially socially or for political reasons
• Ukrainian: провали́тися (provalýtysja) — to fail, especially socially or for political reasons
• Ukrainian: збанкрутува́ти (zbankrutuváty) — to fail, especially socially or for political reasons
• Chinese Mandarin: 崩潰 /崩溃 (bēngkuì) — to become unstable or collapse, mentally or otherwise
• Danish: bryde sammen — to become unstable or collapse, mentally or otherwise
• Danish: kollapse — to become unstable or collapse, mentally or otherwise
• Danish: gå ned — to become unstable or collapse, mentally or otherwise
• Dutch: in tranen uitbarsten — to become unstable or collapse, mentally or otherwise
• Dutch: instorten — to become unstable or collapse, mentally or otherwise
• Finnish: murtua — to become unstable or collapse, mentally or otherwise
• Finnish: luhistua — to become unstable or collapse, mentally or otherwise
• Finnish: saada hermoromahdus — to become unstable or collapse, mentally or otherwise
• French: craquer — to become unstable or collapse, mentally or otherwise
• German: zusammenbrechen — to become unstable or collapse, mentally or otherwise
• German: umkippen — to become unstable or collapse, mentally or otherwise
• German: zusammenklappen — to become unstable or collapse, mentally or otherwise
• Greek: καταρρέω (katarréo) — to become unstable or collapse, mentally or otherwise
• Hungarian: összeesik — to become unstable or collapse, mentally or otherwise
• Hungarian: szétesik — to become unstable or collapse, mentally or otherwise
• Hungarian: összetör — to become unstable or collapse, mentally or otherwise
• Hungarian: letör — to become unstable or collapse, mentally or otherwise
• Hungarian: összeroppan — to become unstable or collapse, mentally or otherwise
• Polish: załamać się — to become unstable or collapse, mentally or otherwise
• Polish: załamywać się — to become unstable or collapse, mentally or otherwise
• Polish: być w rozsypce — to become unstable or collapse, mentally or otherwise
• Portuguese: despedaçar — to become unstable or collapse, mentally or otherwise
• Spanish: transtornarse — to become unstable or collapse, mentally or otherwise
• Turkish: çökmek — to become unstable or collapse, mentally or otherwise
• Chinese Mandarin: 式微 (shìwēi) — to become weak and ineffective
• Danish: bryde sammen — to become weak and ineffective
• Danish: nedbryde — to become weak and ineffective
• Finnish: murentua — to become weak and ineffective
• Finnish: mureta — to become weak and ineffective
• German: zusammenbrechen — to become weak and ineffective
• German: abnehmen — to become weak and ineffective
• Portuguese: inutilizar — to become weak and ineffective
• Portuguese: debilitar — to become weak and ineffective
• Spanish: debilitarse — to become weak and ineffective
• Spanish: deteriorarse — to become weak and ineffective
• Turkish: zayıflamak — to become weak and ineffective
• Chinese Mandarin: 衰敗 /衰败 (shuāibài) — to decay
• Danish: nedbryde — to decay
• Dutch: ontbinden — to decay
• Finnish: maatua — to decay
• French: se décomposer — to decay
• German: zersetzen — to decay
• German: verwandeln — to decay
• German: umwandeln — to decay
• German: zerfallen — to decay
• Hungarian: lebomlik — to decay
• Italian: decomporsi — to decay
• Spanish: descomponerse — to decay
• Spanish: echarse a perder — to decay
• Turkish: çürümek — to decay
• Walloon: tourner a frawéns — to decay
• Chinese Mandarin: 分解 (fēnjiě) — to divide into parts for analysis
• Dutch: uitsplitsen — to divide into parts for analysis
• Dutch: analyseren — to divide into parts for analysis
• Finnish: eritellä — to divide into parts for analysis
• French: analyser — to divide into parts for analysis
• French: décomposer — to divide into parts for analysis
• German: herunterbrechen — to divide into parts for analysis
• Hungarian: kifejt — to divide into parts for analysis
• Italian: partizionare — to divide into parts for analysis
• Italian: suddividere — to divide into parts for analysis
• Japanese: 分解する (bunkai-suru) — to divide into parts for analysis
• Japanese: 砕ける (kudakeru) — to divide into parts for analysis
• Portuguese: decompor — to divide into parts for analysis
• Russian: разобрать (razobratʹ) — to divide into parts for analysis
• Spanish: desglosar — to divide into parts for analysis
• Spanish: diseccionar — to divide into parts for analysis
• Chinese Mandarin: 消化 (xiāohuà) — to digest
• Danish: nedbryde — to digest
• Finnish: sulattaa — to digest
• German: aufschließen — to digest
• Hungarian: lebont — to digest
• Hungarian: lebomlik — to digest
• Italian: decomporre — to digest
• Italian: digerire — to digest
• Italian: elaborare — to digest
• Portuguese: digerir — to digest
• Turkish: sindirmek — to digest