Dictionary Check: meltdown
"meltdown" is a valid word!
Scrabble
14
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Words with Friends
17
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Definition
noun
severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping
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"
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