Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A crash, as one involving an airplane or automobile.
- noun A mental or physical breakdown.
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- noun A
breakdown - noun A
car crash ; apileup
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Examples
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(Perhaps that’s why my second favorite Colbert crackup is “Daily Show/Colbert Toss: Universal Healthcare,” which ends with Stewart standing and screaming, “No, you don’t get another chance!” into the camera after Colbert flubbed a second line and wanted to continue the bit.)
Colbert's Best Crackups: 'Prince Charles Scandal' still atop your list? | EW.com 2009
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The effect of the "crackup" will be much less on the state at large than on two distinct groups.
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The phrase allowed a person to disclose as much, or as little, detail about a "crackup" as he or she saw fit.
NYT > Home Page 2010
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The phrase allowed a person to disclose as much, or as little, detail about a "crackup" as he or she saw fit.
RutlandHerald.com 2010
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But even if you are normally a reckless driver, you surely took it safe and slow right after you saw the crackup.
Scared Frugal Jason Zweig 2011
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A couple of weeks ago California's Legislative Analyst's Office issued a withering report calling the state's 500-mile high-speed rail project between Anaheim and San Francisco a fiscal crackup ready to happen.
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Like the sight of relief workers pouring into devastated areas, nothing so heartens reporters chronicling the gut-wrenching story of a Hollywood celebrity crackup as the sight of e-mails streaming in to offer unsolicited assistance in the form of easy quotes from academics, lawyers, and other aspiring talking heads.
The TV Column: Experts - lots of them - weigh in on Charlie Sheen 2011
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After losing to the Jays 5-4 in a messy performance that featured three errors and a crackup by the usually reliable reliever Daniel Bard, the Sox are facing a new threat.
So Why Isn't Boston Panicking? Matthew Futterman 2011
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Along with conference chairman Kevin McCarthy, Mr. Ryan has been doing an internal road show for all 87 House freshmen and many senior members on the looming debt and entitlement crackup, three sessions a week, six or eight members at a time, 10 minutes of PowerPoint, 50 minutes of questions and "listening."
Ryan's Charge Up Entitlement Hill Paul A. Gigot 2011
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If his plan or something close to it becomes law, Democrats will have conceded more spending cuts than they thought possible, and without getting the GOP to raise taxes and without being able to blame Republicans for a debt-limit crackup or economic damage.
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