| NOUN | process | meltdown, nuclear meltdown | severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping |
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| event | meltdown | a disaster comparable / comparable to a nuclear meltdown |
| Sounds | meh'ltdaw.n | |
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| Rhymes | Allentown ... Youngstown: 56 rhymes with awn... | |
| Meaning | severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping. | |
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| Synonym | nuclear meltdown | |
| Broader | overheating | excessive heating |
| Spanish | fusión de núcleo | |
| Meaning | A disaster comparable / comparable to a nuclear meltdown. | |
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| Example | "there is little likelihood of a meltdown comparable to the American banking collapse in March 1933" | |
| Broader | calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm | An event resulting in great loss and misfortune |
| Spanish | hecatombe | |
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