failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
経営の破綻により多くの従業員が解雇された。
Many employees were laid off due to the company's collapse.
彼の説明は論理が破綻していて説得力がない。
His explanation has broken-down logic and is unconvincing.
夫婦関係が破綻し離婚に至った。
The marital relationship broke down and led to divorce.