nervous breakdown

/ˌˈnʌrvəs ˌbreɪkˈdaʊn/
/ˈnʌvəs ˈbreɪkdaʊn/
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Other forms: nervous breakdowns

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