Översättning
Substantiv
1.härdsmälta {en}

Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. Severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping.
  2. A situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown; a crisis.
  3. (figuratively) A tantrum.

Exempel

  • Four years have passed since the meltdown at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, but the grim legacy of the Soviet catastrophe is still unfolding. http://www.time.com/time/daily/chernobyl/chernobyl.index.html
  • Channel 4 switchboards went into meltdown this week when viewers called to complain about a Brass Eye programme on child sex.
  • 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. http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=587262
  • Scorcher VI: Global Meltdown

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Pluralmeltdowns

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