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Definitioner
Substantiv
- Severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping.
- A situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown; a crisis.
- (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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