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nervous breakdown (plural nervous breakdowns)
- an attack of depression or anxiety so severe that it prevents a person from continuing to function normally
#*1887, George Gissing, Thyrza
#*:There was organic disease, and there was what is vaguely called nervous breakdown; it was too clear that Mr. Newthorpe must count upon very moderate activity either of mind or body henceforth.
#*1915, P. G. Wodehouse, Something New
#*:...will you kindly think up at your earliest convenience some plan for politely ejecting this Mr Chalmers of yours from our humble home?--because if you don't, I'm going to have a nervous breakdown.
Translations
trans-top|an attack of depression or anxiety
Dutch: zenuwinzinking f
Finnish: hermoromahdus
German: Nervenzusammenbruch m
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Hungarian: t|hu|idegösszeomlás
Russian: не�вн�й ���в (n'érvnyj sryv) m
Spanish: ataque de nervios m
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