Tom had a meltdown.
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Meltdown
Synonyms for "meltdown" (8 found)
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9 entriesTranslations
53 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- اِنْصِهَار نَوَوِيّ noun (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor)
Armenian
2 entries- մելտդաուն noun (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor)
- ռեակտորի միջուկի հալում noun (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 堆芯熔毀 /堆芯熔毁 noun (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor)
Czech
1 entries- roztavení reaktoru noun (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor)
Danish
2 entries- nedsmeltning noun (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor)
- nedsmeltning noun (situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown)
Dutch
1 entries- kernsmelting noun (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor)
Finnish
3 entries- reaktoriytimen sulaminen noun (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor)
- romahdus noun (situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown)
- sulaminen noun (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor)
French
1 entries- fusion du cœur d'un réacteur nucléaire noun (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor)
German
3 entries- Kernschmelze noun (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor)
- Nervenzusammenbruch noun (situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown)
- Zusammenbruch noun (situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown)
Greek
1 entries- τήξη noun (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor)
Hebrew
4 entries- התכה noun (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor)
- התמוטטות noun (situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown)
- התמוטטות עצבים noun (situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown)
- מלטדאון noun (situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown)
Hindi
1 entries- नाभिकीय गलाव noun (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor)
Hungarian
1 entries- zónaolvadás noun (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor)
Italian
1 entries- fusione del nocciolo noun (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor)
Japanese
2 entries- メルトダウン noun (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor)
- 炉心熔融 noun (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor)
Korean
1 entries- 노심 용해 noun (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor)
Persian
1 entries- ذوبشدن سوخت هستهای noun (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor)
Polish
1 entries- stopienie rdzenia reaktora jądrowego noun (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor)
Portuguese
2 entries- catástrofe noun (situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown)
- derretimento nuclear noun (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor)
Romanian
2 entries- criză noun (situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown)
- topire noun (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor)
Russian
4 entries- встря́ска noun (situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown)
- мелтда́ун noun (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor)
- разруше́ние и́з-за расплавле́ния noun (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor)
- расплавле́ние noun (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- eratično stanje noun (situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown)
- taljenje jezgre noun (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor)
Spanish
4 entries- chiripiolca noun (situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown)
- chiripiorca noun (situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown)
- chucaque noun (situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown)
- copelación nuclear noun (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor)
Swedish
1 entries- härdsmälta noun (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor)
Ukrainian
1 entries- розплавлення noun (severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Mary had a meltdown.
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Mary had a complete meltdown.
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Tom had a meltdown on Twitter.
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