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meltdown

/ meltdown /

noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1

a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown

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

Type of:

calamity catastrophe disaster

noun Sense 2

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

Type of:

overheating

Semantic Complexity

62%

Sense Count

2

Total Synonyms

0

Total Relationships

4

Times Searched

1

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calamity catastrophe disaster overheating