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crackup

[krak-uhp]
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noun
  1. a crash; collision.
  2. a breakdown in health, especially a mental breakdown.
  3. collapse or disintegration: the crackup of an alliance.
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Origin of crackup

First recorded in 1850–55; noun use of verb phrase crack up
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