Defenition of the word meltdown
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Defenition of the word meltdown
- Accidental overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping.
- a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown; "there is little likelihood of a meltdown comparable to the American banking collapse in March 1933"
- severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping
- a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown
Synonyms for the word meltdown
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- condense
- reduce
- render down
Similar words in the meltdown
Hypernyms for the word meltdown
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- calamity
- cataclysm
- catastrophe
- disaster
- overheating
- tragedy
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