He became a violent alcoholic and then had a mental breakdown.

VOA: special.2010.08.29

It involves the breakdown of cartilage.

VOA: special.2010.05.19

Here is "21st Century Breakdown."

VOA: special.2009.05.29

He channeled his emotional breakdown into a documentary film about journalists who struggle with the traumatic violence they witness.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01

But Biden also had to soothe concerns that scrapping Bush-era plans for a more comprehensive system does not signal a breakdown of Polish-U.S.relations.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

"I think there is a breakdown of law and order, but it is not lawlessness.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

McKinnon's lawyers had argued that their client, who suffers from Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism, would be at risk of a mental breakdown or suicide if sent to the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31