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Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples
Pronunciation: US /ˈmeltdaʊn/
meltdown means: A period when someone feels so upset or overwhelmed that they cannot control their reactions.
noun
A period when someone feels so upset or overwhelmed that they cannot control their reactions.
- He had a meltdown after school.
- Too much noise can trigger a meltdown.
- She was close to a meltdown after a week of constant pressure.
A serious breakdown in which a system or situation becomes very difficult to control.
- The company faced a financial meltdown.
- Markets fell sharply during the economic meltdown.
- A computer failure caused a complete meltdown of the booking system.
An accident in which nuclear fuel gets so hot that it melts and may release dangerous radiation.
- The reactor suffered a meltdown.
- Workers restored cooling to prevent a nuclear meltdown.
- Radiation escaped after the core meltdown.
The process of a solid becoming liquid.
- The heat caused a rapid meltdown of the ice.
- Water filled the valley during the spring meltdown.
- Researchers measured the glacier’s meltdown over several weeks.
Questions about meltdown
What does meltdown mean?
A period when someone feels so upset or overwhelmed that they cannot control their reactions.
What is meltdown in other languages?
Türkçe: sinir krizi · Español: crisis emocional · Français: crise de nerfs · Deutsch: Nervenzusammenbruch · Italiano: crisi di nervi · 日本語: 感情の爆発
How do you pronounce meltdown?
It is pronounced /ˈmeltdaʊn/.
How do you use meltdown in a sentence?
He had a meltdown after school. Too much noise can trigger a meltdown.
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