Breakdown
Breakdown noun - A mental or nervous collapse.
Instability and breakdown are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Instability" instead a noun "Breakdown".
Instability
Instability noun - The quality or state of not being firmly fixed in position.
Breakdown and instability are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Breakdown" instead a noun "Instability".
Nearby Word: instance
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| emotional | emotional breakdown | emotional instability |
| physical | physical breakdown | physical instability |
| similar | similar breakdown | similar instability |
| initial | initial breakdown | initial instability |
| Other adjectives: severe, massive, extreme, serious, huge, infamous, social, famous, major, psychological, possible, apparent, fatal, chronic, psychotic, sudden, resulting, ensuing. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Osborn's breakdown in response to Deadpool was particularly indignant, and his instability is made all the more all the more apparent as he stops piloting the plane he's in just to stomp a mudhole in Deadpool.
Source: Comic Book / Dark Reign
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