Breakdown and Example

Breakdown

Breakdown noun - A mental or nervous collapse.

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

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

Example noun - One of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like.

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Breakdown and example are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Breakdown" instead a noun "Example".

good	good breakdown	good example
similar	similar breakdown	similar example
mild	mild breakdown	mild example
true	true breakdown	true example
Other adjectives: real, big, extreme, serious, bad, infamous, tragic, main, famous, ultimate, major, possible, minor, borderline, literal, earlier.

Someone who scores well on, for example, the Air Force's score breakdown will completely annihilate the Army's breakdown.

Source: Broke the Rating Scale
For example, during the first breakdown the camera starts facing the witness, but when the witness falls to the floor after the breakdown is over the camera cuts to an overhead view.

Source: Video Game / Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney
Horus of all people gets a straight example in the same episode - when Malal has a mental breakdown over himself being uncanonical, he consoles him and offers to make him hot chocolate.

Source: Pet The Dog / Web Original

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