meltdown

melt·down  (mltdoun)

n.

1. Severe overheating of a nuclear reactor core, resulting in melting of the core and escape of radiation.

2. Informal A disastrous or rapidly developing situation likened to the melting of a nuclear reactor core: "After several corporate meltdowns, only two reporters remain in [the] bureau" (David Fitzpatrick).

3. Informal An emotional breakdown

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meltdown

Noun

1. (in a nuclear reactor) the melting of the fuel rods, with the possible escape of radioactivity

2. Informal a sudden disastrous failure

3. Informal a process of irreversible decline

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meltdown  (mltdoun)

Severe overheating of a nuclear reactor core, resulting in melting of the core and escape of radiation.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	meltdown - severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping nuclear meltdown overheating - excessive heating
	2.	meltdown - a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown; "there is little likelihood of a meltdown comparable to the American banking collapse in March 1933" calamity, catastrophe, tragedy, disaster, cataclysm - an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"

Translations

meltdown [ˈmɛltdaun] n (in nuclear reactor) → fusión f (de un reactor nuclear)

meltdown [ˈmɛltdaun] n → fusion f (du cœur d'un réacteur nucléaire)

meltdown [ˈmɛltdaun] melt n (in nuclear reactor) → Kernschmelze f

meltdown [ˈmɛltdaun] n → melt-down m inv