Synonyms for meltdown
ˈmɛltˌdaʊnmelt·down

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1. meltdown, nuclear meltdownnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   nuclear meltdown

2. meltdownnoun

   a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown

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

   Synonyms:
   nuclear meltdown

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1. • Calamity
   • Overheating

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1. List of paraphrases for "meltdown":

   collapse, debacle, implosion, cataclysm, merger, breakup, breakdown, fusion, crisis, crash

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1. Leon Cizelj:

   If somebody was able to cause the meltdown of the reactors,( gases) could escape in the atmosphere and the would travel with the wind until they are washed out of the atmosphere, with distance, dilution happens -- so very soon, the dilution becomes sufficient that the impact becomes not very serious for the environment and for people's health.

2. Rob Mark:

   My reaction is that it's not all that big a surprise, except of course when it comes to Southwest. That mess represents the biggest airline computer meltdown I've ever seen. This issue sits solidly with Southwest. Not sure the Secretary can really do much to help at thispoint.

3. Beth Kobliner:

   Don't lie and say that you don't have enough money on you to sidestep a meltdown.

4. Tom Watson:

   Theresa May government is in utter meltdown, the country is at a standstill with a divided and shambolic government. The Prime Minister can't deliver Brexit and has zero authority left.

5. Amy Oakes:

   There were times I remember saying to my husband that her behaviors are holding our family hostage because it could be one meltdown a day, it could be five meltdowns a day, she couldn't do anything to stop it, and I really began to realize that her brain wouldn't let her, even if she wanted to be good, her brain wasn't allowing her to.