| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. The separation of a whole into its parts for study: analysis, anatomy, dissection. See ASSEMBLE, INVESTIGATE. 2. A sudden sharp decline in mental, emotional, or physical health: collapse. Informal : crackup. See EXPLOSION. 3. An abrupt disastrous failure: collapse, crash, debacle, smash, smashup, wreck. See MONEY. 4. The condition of being decayed: decay, decomposition, deterioration, disintegration, putrefaction, putrescence, putridness, rot, rottenness, spoilage. See BETTER, THRIVE. 5. A cessation of proper mechanical functions: failure, outage. See THRIVE.
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