meltdown
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping
Types & categories
- overheating hypernym
Sense 2 noun
a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown
there is little likelihood of a meltdown comparable to the American banking collapse in March 1933
Types & categories
- tragedy hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | overheating |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | tragedy |