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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
Budehaven Community School in Bude, Cornwall said it had "experienced a complete breakdown of our internet, registration and telephone services" and was "unable to safeguard our pupils" until the system was fixed by its external provider.
The Stade de France was the scene of a dangerous breakdown in law-and-order at a Uefa Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid in 2022.
Nicola added: "People do pigeon hole us. I want to breakdown that stereotype, I have a full and happy life."
He said: "In less than 10 seconds the tug capsized, and two experienced seafarers lost their lives, because of a breakdown of the systems that should have kept them safe."
The deaths of two men when a tugboat capsized on the Clyde near Greenock was caused by a "breakdown" in safety procedures, an accident report has found.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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