as in breakdowns
a mental or nervous collapse
you're going to have a nervous breakdown if you keep up that pace
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breakdowns
Noun
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To avoid future breakdowns, organizations must implement staged rollouts, maintain geographic redundancy and test failover systems regularly.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025 -
Stay tuned for my breakdowns and predictions of these games later in the week.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Nervous breakdowns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nervous%20breakdowns. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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