The phrase "a total breakdown in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a complete failure or collapse in a system, process, or relationship.
Example: "The project experienced a total breakdown in communication, leading to significant delays and misunderstandings."
Alternatives: "a complete failure in" or "an utter collapse in".
But Mr. Barak refused, and continued to refuse even as his refusal caused a total breakdown in the negotiations.
One senator who had been briefed on the material said some of it was sexually explicit and suggested a "total breakdown in discipline and authority" at the prison.
The decision to proceed to popular ballots among Greek and Turkish Cypriots averted a total breakdown in Mr. Annan's efforts to reunite the island.
With the latest developments, Representative Aaron Schock, Republican of Illinois, said there had been "a total breakdown in trust" between House Republicans and the administration.
It is a sad day and also a dire warning that we are on a treacherous course toward a total breakdown in our two-party democratic system of government.
Five years of failed austerity policies in Greece and a total breakdown in trust between the leftwing Syriza alliance and the political leaders of its creditors climaxed in a national vote in which Greeks said no to the spending cuts and tax increases demanded by its lenders.
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?
She would say: "Did you know people are waiting six months for an operation in Portsmouth?" or "Did you know there is a total breakdown of order in schools in Lambeth?" I was never sure where these bits of information came from because she had a network of her own.
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.
There has been a virtually total breakdown in security throughout the region.
