"meltdown" in the noun sense

1. meltdown, nuclear meltdown

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

2. meltdown

a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown

"there is little likelihood of a meltdown comparable to the American banking collapse in March 1933"

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