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Noun
meltdown
#Severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping.
#:Four years have passed since the meltdown at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, but the grim legacy of the Soviet catastrophe is still unfolding. 1
#A situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown.
#:Computer engineers were at a loss last night to explain why the Government had been hit by arguably the worst electronic meltdown in the history of Whitehall. 2
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trans-top|Severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor
Finnish: reaktoriydin|reaktoriytimen sulaminen
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trans-top|A situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown
Finnish: romahdus
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