MELTDOWNS - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Part of speech: Noun

severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping

Part of speech: Noun

a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown

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

Meltdown, Nuclear meltdown