meltdown

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

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