Definitions of crack-up
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a mental or physical breakdown
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synonyms:
breakdown
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types:
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nervous breakdown
a severe or incapacitating emotional disorder
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nervous exhaustion, nervous prostration
an emotional disorder that leaves you exhausted and unable to work
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neurasthenia
nervous breakdown (not in technical use)
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type of:
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collapse, prostration
an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion
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nervous breakdown
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