Breakdown and Use

Breakdown

Breakdown noun - A mental or nervous collapse.

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

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

Use

Use noun - The act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose.

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

Nearby Words: useless, useful, used, usefulness, using

How words are described

good good breakdown good use
full full breakdown full use
similar similar breakdown similar use
public public breakdown public use
Other adjectives: proper, actual, real, little, main, possible, later, literal.

Both words in one sentence

  • Immediately afterwards, the combination of his overworking and drug use caused him to have a nervous breakdown.
  • Dick deal, more or less explicitly, with his own experiences of drug use and mental breakdown.
  • Using a Brain Upload technique, they use the corpse of breakdown as a surrogate body for Silas to use.
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