Breakdown and Default

Breakdown

Breakdown noun - A mental or nervous collapse.

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Default and breakdown are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Default" instead a noun "Breakdown".

Nearby Words: break, breaking, breakup, breakout, breakage

Default noun - The nonperformance of an assigned or expected action.

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Breakdown and default are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Breakdown" instead a noun "Default".

Nearby Words: defaulter, defaulting, defaulted

good	good breakdown	good default
due	due breakdown	due default
real	real breakdown	real default
big	big breakdown	big default
Other adjectives: possible, minor, basic.

Villainous Breakdown: Depends on whether you think Sir Humphrey's the villain, but whenever something comes up that he didn't anticipate his default response is panicked, spluttering incoherence.

Source: Series / Yes, Minister
His technician, the Trashcan Man, has a psychotic breakdown and blows up Flagg's nuclear weapons facility, his wife goads him into killing her (and by default, his unborn child) and his people start deserting him.

Source: Humiliation Conga / Literature
It is also the default weapon of Judge Lawton (only in Breakdown mode).

Source: Rare Guns

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