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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | division |
| Synonyms: | break, interruption, separation, severance, splitting |
| Main Entry: | breakdown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nervous collapse |
| Synonyms: | basket case, crackup, disintegration, disruption, failure, mishap, nervous prostration, neurasthenia, neurosis, psychasthenia |
| Antonyms: | mental health |
| Main Entry: | collapse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | downfall, breakdown |
| Synonyms: | bankruptcy, basket case, cataclysm, catastrophe, cave-in, conk out, crackup, crash, debacle, destruction, disintegration, disorganization, disruption, exhaustion, failure, faint, flop, prostration, ruination, ruining, smash, smashup, subsidence, undoing, wreck |
| Antonyms: | build-up, increase, rise, success |
| Main Entry: | discontinuance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stop, suspension of activity |
| Synonyms: | adjournment, alternation, cease, cessation, close, closing, desistance, desuetude, discontinuation, disjunction, disruption, ending, finish, intermission, interruption, separation, stopping, termination |
| Antonyms: | continuation, restarting, retry |
| Main Entry: | dislocation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | displacement |
| Synonyms: | break, confusion, disarray, disarticulation, disconnection, discontinuity, disengagement, disorder, disorganization, disruption, disturbance, division, luxation, misplacement, unhinging |
| Antonyms: | order, ordering |
| Main Entry: | disorganization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unordered situation or thing |
| Synonyms: | anarchy, chaos, confusion, derangement, disarray, disjointedness, disorder, disruption, dissolution, disunion, foul-up, incoherence, mix-up, rat's nest, screw-up, unconnectedness, unholy mess |
| Antonyms: | coherence, method, neatness, order, organization, plan, system, tidiness |
| Main Entry: | disturbance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion; upset |
| Synonyms: | agitation, annoyance, big scene, big stink, bother, brawl, brouhaha, clamor, confusion, convulsion, derangement, disarrangement, disorder, disruption, distraction, eruption, explosion, ferment, fisticuffs, flap, fracas, fray, fuss, hindrance, hubbub, hullabaloo*, insurrection, interruption, intrusion, molestation, perturbation, quake, quarrel, racket, rampage, restlessness, riot, ruckus, rumble, shock, spasm, stink*, stir*, storm, to-do, tremor, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, uprising, uproar, violence |
| Antonyms: | calm, order, peace, quiet, tranquility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ferment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agitation, uprising |
| Synonyms: | ailment, brouhaha, clamor, commotion, convulsion, disquiet, disquietude, disruption, disturbance, excitement, fever, flap, frenzy, furor, fuss, heat, hell broke loose, hubbub, imbroglio, outcry, restiveness, restlessness, row, rumble, scene, state of unrest, stew, stink*, stir, storm, to-do, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, upheaval, uproar, upturn |
| Antonyms: | calm, contentedness, happiness, peace, pleasure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | havoc |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chaotic situation |
| Synonyms: | calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, chaos, confusion, damage, desolation, despoiling, destruction, devastation, dilapidation, disorder, disruption, loss, mayhem, plunder, rack and ruin, ravages, ruination, shambles, vandalism, waste, wreck, wreckage |
| Antonyms: | peace |
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