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| meltdown | |
| 1. n. Severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping. |  |
| Four years have passed since the meltdown at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, but the grim legacy of the Soviet catastrophe is still unfolding. | |
| 2. n. A situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown; a crisis. | |
| Computer engineers were at a loss last night to explain why the Government had been hit by arguably the worst electronic meltdown in the history of Whitehall. | |
| 3. n. (figuratively) A tantrum. | |
