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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

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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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