Breakdown and End

Breakdown

Breakdown noun - A mental or nervous collapse.

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

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

End noun - The stopping of a process or activity.

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Breakdown and end are semantically related in situation of devastation topic. Sometimes you can use "Breakdown" instead a noun "End".

Nearby Words: ending, ended, endless

good	good breakdown	good end
similar	similar breakdown	similar end
short	short breakdown	short end
true	true breakdown	true end
Other adjectives: proper, nasty, actual, real, violent, extreme, bad, absolute, tragic, ultimate, near, possible, final, apparent, inevitable, impending, literal, sudden.

Towards the end of the season, Buffy has a mental breakdown because she also experiences this weariness and realizes that it may end up costing not her own life, but that of her sister.

Source: Darkness Induced Audience Apathy / Live-Action TV
Another type of breakdown is when the villain becomes extremely furious when either something happens that isn't part of his plan or his plans end up being ruined, or both.

Source: Villainous Breakdown
Dub-Induced Plot Hole: Yuuichi's breakdown when talking to Makoto (the real one) near the end of the 2006 anime has him accidentally say "when I was seven" instead of "seven years ago" in the dub.

Source: Visual Novel / Kanon

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