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breakdown
noun as in nervous collapse
Strongest matches
disintegration, disruption, failure, mishap, nervous breakdown
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basket case, crack-up, freak out, nervous prostration, psychasthenia
noun as in account of finances or other business
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analysis, categorization, classification, diagnosis, dissection, itemization, resolution
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Example Sentences
Friday's vote offers a glimpse at the likely partisan breakdown of the bill's final passage, which is slated for Jan. 20, the day Trump takes office.
That fact, however, didn't change how Black women — the most loyal cohort of the Democratic coalition — felt about the breakdown.
But, as the years went on, showbusiness seemed to be overshadowed for Linda and her siblings by a personal and family life marked by turmoil, tragedy and the breakdown of sisterly bonds.
The justice secretary said this had prevented the penal system from reaching maximum capacity, and "a total breakdown of law and order".
Overburdening him, as in the Australia series, risks breakdowns that could impede the attack.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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