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meltdown

noun

a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown

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Word length
8
Starts with
M
Ends with
N
Contains
EL
Scrabble score
14
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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noun

  1. a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown

    “there is little likelihood of a meltdown comparable to the American banking collapse in March 1933”

noun

  1. severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping

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there is little likelihood of a meltdown comparable to the American banking collapse in March 1933
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