Meltdown Definition & Meaning

meltdown
noun
  1. severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping
  2. a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown; "there is little likelihood of a meltdown comparable to the American banking collapse in March 1933"

"Meltdown" in song lyrics

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  • "I'm like a nuclear facility in meltdown"
    Apathy — Just Begun
  • "We're not headed for a ice age, we're headed for a meltdown"
    Dilated Peoples
  • "Count down to nuclear meltdown"
    Eminem — Public Enemy #1

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