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Definitions of meltdown:
  • noun:   a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown
    Example: "There is little likelihood of a meltdown comparable to the American banking collapse in March 1933"
  • noun:   severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping



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