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meltdown
[ melt-doun ]
noun
- the melting of a significant portion of a nuclear-reactor core due to inadequate cooling of the fuel elements, a condition that could lead to the escape of radiation.
- a quickly developing breakdown or collapse:
a bond-market meltdown;
the meltdown of a marriage.
- Informal. a sudden loss of control over one’s feelings or behavior:
My toddler had a meltdown when I tried to leave the house.
meltdown
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noun
- (in a nuclear reactor) the melting of the fuel rods as a result of a defect in the cooling system, with the possible escape of radiation into the environment
- informal.a sudden disastrous failure with potential for widespread harm, as a stock-exchange crash
- informal.the process or state of irreversible breakdown or decline
the community is slowly going into meltdown
meltdown
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- Severe overheating of a nuclear reactor core, resulting in melting of the core and escape of radiation.
meltdown
- The most serious accident that can occur at a nuclear reactor . In a meltdown, the radioactive material in the reactor becomes very hot, melting some or all of the fuel in the reactor. A meltdown may or may not be followed by the release of radioactive material to the environment. A partial meltdown, with very little external radiation , occurred at Three Mile Island (see also Three Mile Island ) in 1979; a complete meltdown happened at Chernobyl in 1986.
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Example Sentences
She said: "Because I'm still unwell, I don't want to be mentally struggling as well. Will I have a meltdown? Will I have a breakdown?"
In the two months since the fires, children have been are experiencing meltdowns, sleep issues and separation anxiety.
In the end, the market meltdown might serve as a hard lesson for new investors.
There is little doubt that the Friday meltdown is bad news for Ukraine, and as former Lt.
In Japan, any mention of nuclear energy inevitably brings back difficult memories of the nuclear meltdown at the Daiichi power plant.
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