Breakdown and Ruining

Breakdown

Breakdown noun - A mental or nervous collapse.

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

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

Ruining

Ruining noun - Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined.

Breakdown and ruining are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Breakdown" instead a noun "Ruining".

Nearby Words: ruin, ruined, ruination, ruinous

Both words in one sentence

  • Devil, but No God A few issues later, the Hulk's organisation, the Pantheon, went down in flames and Banner suffered a pretty bad nervous breakdown, ruining all of his work with Doc Samson.
  • Fan Fic / Getting Back on Your Hooves Villainous Breakdown: When she's prevented from ruining Trixie's charity show, Checker starts cracking.
  • Film / Star Trek Into Darkness Villainous Breakdown: Harrison freaks out and tries to crash his ship into Starfleet Academy when Spock detonates the torpedoes inside the Vengeance, ruining Khan's plans and leading him to believe that his people are dead.
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