meltdowns in English

noun

1

a disastrous event, especially a rapid fall in share prices.

the 1987 stock market meltdown

2

an accident in a nuclear reactor in which the fuel overheats and melts the reactor core or shielding.

I was 21 years old and it was three days after the partial meltdown of the reactor core.

noun

breakdown, nervous breakdown, mental collapse, freak-out, crack-up, fit, tantrum, disintegration, collapse

Use "meltdowns" in a sentence

1. Autistic meltdowns generally begin with warning signals called

2. Autistic meltdowns are not limited to young children on the spectrum

3. Billionaire wealth, as these numbers show, tends to rebound from market meltdowns

4. Obama, like Bush, took steps to rescue the auto industry and prevent future economic meltdowns.

5. Public authorities face a variety of Crises, such as natural disasters and environmental threats, financial meltdowns and terrorist attacks, epidemics and explosions, and information and communication technology (ICT) failures.

6. Only you can prevent office meltdowns "Make-ups will be given for illness, bad weather, emergencies and Conflicting school activities of out-of-town trips ONLY.

7. Dean Baker's Plunder and Blunder chronicles the growth and collapse of the stock and housing bubbles and explains how policy Blunders and greed led to the catastrophic --but completely predictable --market meltdowns

8. Straight from the mouths of the Sex Pistols and their collaborators, with first-hand stories of secret gigs, recording sessions, fights, record label meltdowns and a media storm like nothing ever seen before, The Sex Pistols - 1977: The Bollocks Diaries is the inside line, told by the people who were there.