Break and Stress

Break

Break verb - To cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly.

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Stress and break are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stress" instead a verb "Break".

Nearby Words: breach, breakdown, breaking, breakup, breakable

Stress verb - To experience concern or anxiety.

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Break and stress are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead a verb "Stress".

Nearby Words: stressed, stressful, stressing

emotional	emotional break	emotional stress
high	high break	high stress
initial	initial break	initial stress
severe	severe break	severe stress
Other adjectives: massive, big, serious, little, new, major, mental, psychological, temporary, sudden.

Dallas had such a fear of driving that she'd constantly break down crying; and Azim tended to stress out constantly before coming to the rehab center, developing a bald spot due to said stress.

Source: Series / Canada's Worst Driver
A single person cannot save the entire world, and even if they could, the psychological stress would break them first.

Source: Videogame / The Reconstruction
Some people just can't handle having superpowers and the stress causes a dissociative break, making this one a quite literal Superpowered Evil Side.

Source: Split Personality

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