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meltdown
has definitions from the field of physics
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[ noun ] (physics) severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping
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[ noun ] a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown
Examples "there is little likelihood of a meltdown comparable to the American banking collapse in March 1933" Related terms |
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