as in breakdown
a mental or nervous collapse
you're going to have a nervous breakdown if you keep up that pace
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Recent Examples of nervous breakdown
Mostly because Kiesling’s voice is delightful, and this chronicle of Daphne—a young mother-intellectual on the verge of a nervous breakdown—is open-hearted and unsparing about the work that goes into balancing infant care with day job.
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Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
As for this devastated, miserable, freaked out, walking nervous breakdown of a man?
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Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
25 Nov. 2025
The 1970s were Hollywood’s nervous breakdown.
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Remy Blumenfeld,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Nov. 2025
In 1964, Wilson suffered a nervous breakdown, quit touring, and retreated to the studio, while the rest of the group stayed on the road.
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David Morgan,
CBS News,
8 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nervous breakdown
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
As for this devastated, miserable, freaked out, walking nervous breakdown of a man?
—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
25 Nov. 2025
The 1970s were Hollywood’s nervous breakdown.
—
Remy Blumenfeld,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Nov. 2025
In 1964, Wilson suffered a nervous breakdown, quit touring, and retreated to the studio, while the rest of the group stayed on the road.
—
David Morgan,
CBS News,
8 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nervous breakdown
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nervous breakdown
breakdown
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Here’s a breakdown of where things stand, who is on which side and what the path forward looks like, based on reporting from The Sacramento Bee.
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“Nervous breakdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nervous%20breakdown. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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