meltdown, n.
(meltdowns)
(meltdowns)
a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown
<noun.event>
meltdown
sample sentences
"there is little likelihood of a meltdown comparable to the American banking collapse in March 1933"
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hypernym
severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping
<noun.process>
meltdown nuclear meltdown
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hypernym