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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a total breakdown" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a complete failure or collapse of a system, process, or situation.
Example: "After the software update, there was a total breakdown in communication between the devices."
Alternatives: "a complete failure" or "an utter collapse."
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They depict a total breakdown of morale.
The Israeli government is making contingency plans for a total breakdown of the peace effort.
After I left, I was homeless, became pregnant and had a total breakdown.
"This is just a total breakdown," an assistant correction commissioner told the warden, raising his voice.
A total breakdown of self-control is the perfect backdrop for this bill.
Maybe they are afraid of a total breakdown of the EU".
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But along with the blunt force obstructionism of ultra-right conservative politics and a nearly total breakdown in comity and civility comes a disturbing brand of hubris from the right that sounds more like sour grapes than sober analysis.
The violence reflected a near total breakdown in Egypt's political life.
That's how we got here — a near total breakdown of responsibility at every link in our financial chain, and now we either bail out the people who brought us here or risk a total systemic crash.
There has been a virtually total breakdown in security throughout the region.
ver then had a near total breakdown in said dune after said blunt and forgotten who you were, where you were, why you were there and who these fucking weirdos you're with who're toting a crate of Stella and a few balaclavas down to the sea are?
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