meltdown

Noun

Meaning

severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping

a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

crisis disaster breakdown chaotic debacle cataclysm tantrum crack up thermonuclear smelting thawing nuclear meltdown liquation

Antonyms

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Hypernyms

disaster catastrophe calamity cataclysm tragedy overheating

Phrases with the word

have a meltdown market meltdown techno-meltdown total meltdown economic meltdown nuclear meltdown disaster

Examples

I make it through the first two weeks of school without a nuclear meltdown. Laurie Halse Anderson

Scholars still debate whether Columbus brought syphilis to the New World or vice versa. But it cannot be doubted that the 2008 world meltdown carries on its label the words Made in America. Paul Samuelson

Radiation doesn't recognize borders. A meltdown in Japan or India, say, is a danger to the whole world. Wind circulates the radiation everywhere. Water quality is affected. We all eat the same fish. We use products from all over the world - if something is contaminated, it will cause harm. Wladimir Klitschko

The net software here did its meltdown trick again at the weekend (it happens about once every six months -- if only everything was as reliable as WordPerfect 4.2, which only chews up a novel about once every two or three years...) Terry Pratchett

So, for example, a country was into recession right after I was sworn in, a dot-com bust had taken place. Then the attacks of September the 11th, and then of course the great financial meltdown in the - the fundamental question facing any presidency is how do you deal with the hand you're dealt? George W. Bush

There is a difference between a passion and a fucking meltdown. Nicki Minaj

Close letter words and terms

meltaway meltblown meltcurve melted melted butter melted cheese