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English noun: meltdown | |||
| 1. | meltdown (process) severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping | ||
| Synonyms | nuclear meltdown | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | overheating | ||
| 2. | meltdown (event) a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown | ||
| Samples | There is little likelihood of a meltdown comparable to the American banking collapse in March 1933. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy | ||
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