Synonyms for meltdown
ˈmɛltˌdaʊnmelt·down

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1. meltdown, nuclear meltdownnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   nuclear meltdown

2. meltdownnoun

   a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown

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

   Synonyms:
   nuclear meltdown

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1. • Calamity
   • Overheating

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1. List of paraphrases for "meltdown":

   collapse, debacle, implosion, cataclysm, merger, breakup, breakdown, fusion, crisis, crash

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1. Soner Cagaptay:

   Half of the country hates him... the other half adores him, and thinks he can do nothing wrong, the latter will therefore agree with him, if an economic meltdown happens, that this is driven by outsiders and the domestic opponents who want to undermine Erdogan.

2. Jeffrey Gundlach:

   We were near a minimum allocation to stocks before the summer meltdown, we stayed there while the SPX dropped over 250 points. Yes, stocks are, in our view, in a bear market, but there are counter-trend moves along the way.

3. Amy Oakes:

   There were times I remember saying to my husband that her behaviors are holding our family hostage because it could be one meltdown a day, it could be five meltdowns a day, she couldn't do anything to stop it, and I really began to realize that her brain wouldn't let her, even if she wanted to be good, her brain wasn't allowing her to.

4. Mark Weiss:

   It was one of the pilots that maybe had a meltdown or did something nefarious to the airplane.

5. Plastic Jesus:

   We only hear about (drug abuse) when high-profile people in Hollywood have a meltdown, check into rehab, or die.