A situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown; a crisis.
Used in a Sentence
meltdown
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for meltdown.
Editorial note
It feels like the article is implicitly blaming the Fukushima meltdown for the tsunami somehow.
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Quick take
A situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown; a crisis.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of meltdown gathered in one view.
Severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and potentially in radiation escaping.
(informal) A tantrum or emotional outburst.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for meltdown.
noun
A situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown; a crisis.
noun
Severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and potentially in radiation escaping.
noun
(informal) A tantrum or emotional outburst.
noun
(psychology) An autistic response to stress or sensory overload, in which the person is overwhelmed by intense, seemingly disproportionate emotions, behaving erratically and becoming unable to mask.
Example sentences
It feels like the article is implicitly blaming the Fukushima meltdown for the tsunami somehow.
The upside is, innovation will probably come out of its meltdown, new types of services will bloom, and wipe out what's left of Reddit's value proposition.
Right now america is loosing its ability to attract talent, since the global financial meltdown in 2008.
Trying to protect privacy is only going to delay the eventual meltdown of privacy in our lives.
The cost history of nuclear could change completely with new reactors that don't suffer from meltdown etc.
During the Fukushima meltdown, radiation levels of 3–170 μSv/h (= 17 mrem/hour) were measured within 30 km of the reactor[2].
When Chernobyl had its meltdown, they weren't pumping up to 400 tons of radioactive waste into an ocean every single day [2].
With the reddit meltdown yesterday, I thought it would be a good idea to decouple AMAs from reddit.
Then the financial meltdown happened, foreign investors became bearish and the Greeks lost their easy access to capital, and things quickly unraveled.
I'll loosely group them in the 'nuclear containment failure' and 'meltdown' categories, if you don't mind.
It is interesting to speculate how the climate in Greece might be different if bitcoin had been more widely adopted there prior to this meltdown.
So why don't EU states let Greece have that much needed meltdown, but use their money to aid those most in need during the ensuing crisis?
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use meltdown in a sentence?
It feels like the article is implicitly blaming the Fukushima meltdown for the tsunami somehow.
What does meltdown mean?
A situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown; a crisis.
What part of speech is meltdown?
meltdown is commonly used as noun.