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 [ˈmɛltˌdaʊn]

n

1. (Physics / Nuclear Physics) (in a nuclear reactor) the melting of the fuel rods as a result of a defect in the cooling system, with the possible escape of radiation into the environment

2. Informal a sudden disastrous failure with potential for widespread harm, as a stock-exchange crash

3. Informal the process or state of irreversible breakdown or decline the community is slowly going into meltdown

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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 [ˈmeltdaʊn] N

1. (lit) → fusión f de un reactor, fundido m

2. (fig) → cataclismo m, debacle f

meltdown [ˈmɛltdaʊn] n

(in nuclear power station) → fusion du cœur d'un réacteur nucléaire)f >

(= disaster) → débâcle f
economic meltdown → une débâcle économique
melting point n → point m de fusion
melting pot n

[people, nationalities] → creuset m, melting-pot m
a melting pot of races → un creuset de races

to be in the melting pot [plan] → être encore en discussion

meltdown

n → Kernschmelze f; (fig) (of market, industry) → Crash m; (of company) → Zusammenbruch m

meltdown [ˈmɛltˌdaʊn] n → melt-down m inv

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meltdown [ˈmɛltˌdaʊn] n → melt-down m inv