Breakdown and Solving

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Breakdown noun - A mental or nervous collapse.

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

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

Solving noun - Finding a solution to a problem.

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Breakdown and solving are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Breakdown" instead a noun "Solving".

Nearby Words: solve, solved, solvable, solver

There is an arc in Twin Peaks where Benjamin Horne reenacts the American Civil War with models as a way of solving the personal problems that caused his nervous breakdown.

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Of course, the one case Monk's been trying to solve since his breakdown is Trudy's murder, and each season of the show brings him a little closer to finally solving the mystery behind her death (with the show's final season bringing the case to a close for good).

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