Breakdown and Opening

Breakdown

Breakdown noun - A mental or nervous collapse.

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

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

Opening noun - A favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place.

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Breakdown and opening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Breakdown" instead a noun "Opening".

Nearby Words: open, openness, opened, opener

good	good breakdown	good opening
long	long breakdown	long opening
similar	similar breakdown	similar opening
short	short breakdown	short opening
Other adjectives: complete, initial, true, proper, simple, small, actual, real, massive, big, huge, little, infamous, main, famous, possible, final, epic, extended.

The opening chapter of Remote Man has Janet smashing a TV with a frying pan, the first indication we get of her nervous breakdown.

Source: Frying Pan of Doom
One of the opening riffs on the title track to Holographic Universe sounds nearly identical to the riff played during the breakdown of "Calculate the Apocalypse".

Source: Self Plagiarism
Cry Cute: All of the girls do it in the opening, but Wakana has a spectacular breakdown in episode six.

Source: Anime / Tari Tari

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