'meltdown' definitions:

Definition of 'meltdown'

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noun
Severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping [syn: meltdown, nuclear meltdown]
noun
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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