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āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
meltdown
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Meltdown
01
āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ¸, āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ
a disastrous failure or collapse of a system, plan, or situation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Our presentation suffered a meltdown when the projector stopped working.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻā§āĻāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨, āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻž
the accident in which the core of a nuclear reactor fails to operate and the fuel melts the container releasing an alarming level of radiation
03
āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻāĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒāĻ¤āĻ¨
an emotional breakdown caused by stress, fear, or overwhelming pressure
Slang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He nearly had a meltdown when the client rejected his proposal.
āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻšāĻ āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻŦ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛, āĻ¤āĻāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
meltdown
melt
down
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