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How to pronounce meltdown in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms nuclear meltdown
Type of overheating
Type Words
Type of calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy


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

Examples of meltdown

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All this happened back in 1985, in what was then the biggest tech meltdown ever.
From the businessweek.com
The Department of Energy owns the buildings where the partial meltdown occurred.
From the dailyherald.com
Japan's nuclear crisis has brought a meltdown of morale to parts of the country.
From the telegraph.co.uk
That is the highest pump price since August 2008, before the financial meltdown.
From the washingtonpost.com
Global business has been rocked by crises, from Enron to the financial meltdown.
From the economist.com
That outlook, of course, changed overnight with the escalating nuclear meltdown.
From the curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com
Switzerland passed a moratorium on reactors shortly after the Japanese meltdown.
From the time.com
Earlier, the UT offense opened the second half with nothing short of a meltdown.
From the chron.com
Neither has any clear idea exactly what to do in the current financial meltdown.
From the dispatchpolitics.com
More examples
  • Severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping
  • A disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown; "there is little likelihood of a meltdown comparable to the American banking collapse in March 1933"
  • Meltdown is a 1986 isometric computer game developed by Alligata Software for the Amstrad CPC. There are two English language versions, a 64k version with a little basic speech synthesis and a 128k version featuring much more speech synthesis. ...
  • Meltdown is the fourth studio album by Ash, which was initially released on May 17, 2004 through Infectious Records. On March 8, 2005 the album was released in the United States. It is a darker and heavier sounding record than Free All Angels.
  • Meltdown is a book on the global financial crisis of 2007u20132008 by historian Thomas Woods, with a foreword by Rep. Ron Paul. The book was published on February 9, 2009 by Regnery Publishing.
  • Meltdown, in comics, may refer to: * Tabitha Smith, a Marvel character also known as Boom Boom and Boomer * Meltdown (Image Comics), a series from Image Comics * Meltdown (Marvel Comics), a series from Marvel Comics featuring Wolverine and Havok
  • Meltdown is the debut studio recording, by American fusion band Cootie Brown, released in 2007 on Breeze Records.
  • Meltdown is an annual, English festival, held in London, featuring a mix of music, art, performance and film. Meltdown is held in June at Southbank Centre, the arts complex covering and including the Royal Festival Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall and The Hayward. ...
  • High Risk , also known in the United States as Meltdown is a 1995 Hong Kong martial arts action film written and directed by Wong Jing and starring Jet Li, Jacky Cheung, Chingmy Yau, Charlie Yeung, and Valerie Chow. Corey Yuen serves as the film's fight choreographer.