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They Cause Breakdowns Crossword Clue

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noun

• any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions

31%8Breakdowns
verb

• consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

• break down into components or essential features

• make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features

• subject to psychoanalytic treatment

31%5 Causes of breakdowns
noun

• any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt

• street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

adjective satellite

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• being sour to the taste

• having the characteristics of an acid

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