Meltdown
noun
A situation where something becomes much worse very quickly.
He had a meltdown when he realized he lost his job.
Often appears as...
- emotional meltdown
- financial meltdown
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Colloquial
noun
The melting of a nuclear reactor core, which can cause a nuclear disaster.
The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear meltdown.
Often appears as...
- nuclear meltdown
- reactor meltdown
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Technical
noun
A violent outburst or emotional collapse.
He had a meltdown after years of stress.
Often appears as...
- emotional meltdown
- public meltdown
noun
A situation where something becomes much worse very quickly.
He had a meltdown when he realized he lost his job.
Often appears as...
- emotional meltdown
- financial meltdown
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
The melting of a nuclear reactor core, which can cause a nuclear disaster.
The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear meltdown.
Often appears as...
- nuclear meltdown
- reactor meltdown
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A violent outburst or emotional collapse.
He had a meltdown after years of stress.
Often appears as...
- emotional meltdown
- public meltdown
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Rapid Decline
Denotes a quick deterioration in performance or condition.
The team faced a meltdown during the final quarter.
Pro Tip 2/3Intense Emotions
Used to express an overwhelming display of emotions, usually negative.
Unable to handle the stress, she experienced an emotional meltdown.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Understatement
Utilized for severe situations, not minor inconveniences.
The market's response was not just a drop; it was a meltdown.
Pro Tip 1/3Rapid Decline
Denotes a quick deterioration in performance or condition.
The team faced a meltdown during the final quarter.
Pro Tip 2/3Intense Emotions
Used to express an overwhelming display of emotions, usually negative.
Unable to handle the stress, she experienced an emotional meltdown.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Understatement
Utilized for severe situations, not minor inconveniences.
The market's response was not just a drop; it was a meltdown.
Pro Tip 1/3Rapid Decline
Denotes a quick deterioration in performance or condition.
The team faced a meltdown during the final quarter.
Pro Tip 2/3Intense Emotions
Used to express an overwhelming display of emotions, usually negative.
Unable to handle the stress, she experienced an emotional meltdown.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Understatement
Utilized for severe situations, not minor inconveniences.
The market's response was not just a drop; it was a meltdown.
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Jimmy Nelson: Gorgeous...
All these people sitting here, they've had more of these talks, they've heard more lessons in their life. Who are you to tell them what you've learned? Who are you to guide them and who are you to show them what is right, what is wrong, what these people have to say?" And I had a little bit of a, it was very private, a little bit of a meltdown.
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It's OK to feel...
There's such a thing, too, that I just want to touch on if I can, for a minute, about empathetic overload and empathetic meltdown. We're taught that empathy is a good thing. I would suggest that in a case this traumatic, what you want to talk about replacing empathy with is compassion,
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R.A. Mashelkar:...
The 21st century gift, which is very, very important for the whole world, whether it is global economic meltdown, whether it is climate change -- any problem that you talk about is gaining more from less for more and more -- not only the current generations, for the future generations.
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The Y2K Scare PIPE National...
trains may come to a halt people were terrified the world was going to end this is not one of the summer movies where you can close your eyes during the scary parts with nearly everything in our economy run by computers the prospect of the digital meltdown is too
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Why Brexit happened --...
The educated blamed the less well-educated. That complete meltdown was made even worse by the most tragic element of levels of xenophobia and racist abuse in the streets of Britain at a level that I have never seen before in my lifetime.
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How to manage your time...
So with your emails, insisting on always doing the very most important thing first could lead to a meltdown. Waking up to an inbox three times fuller than normal could take nine times longer to clear.
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Nationalism vs....
we are now facing an ecological meltdown. And if we now try to reengineer the world inside us without really understanding it, especially without understanding the complexity of our mental system,
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How DARPA is creating...
deep web and the dark web to find human traffickers these are the kinds of robots that could one day navigate through a damaged nuclear reactor and prevent a meltdown this is a vehicle
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In uncertain times,...
And in that time, we have all crossed into this hostile, uncharted territory of climate breakdown, of endless wars, of economic meltdowns, of deep political divisions,
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The Tipping Point PIPE...
points dotted all around it greenland and west antarctica could be tipped into irreversible meltdown the atlantic ocean has what we call an
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Jimmy Nelson: Gorgeous...
All these people sitting here, they've had more of these talks, they've heard more lessons in their life. Who are you to tell them what you've learned? Who are you to guide them and who are you to show them what is right, what is wrong, what these people have to say?" And I had a little bit of a, it was very private, a little bit of a meltdown.
Video examples
It's OK to feel...
There's such a thing, too, that I just want to touch on if I can, for a minute, about empathetic overload and empathetic meltdown. We're taught that empathy is a good thing. I would suggest that in a case this traumatic, what you want to talk about replacing empathy with is compassion,
Video examples
R.A. Mashelkar:...
The 21st century gift, which is very, very important for the whole world, whether it is global economic meltdown, whether it is climate change -- any problem that you talk about is gaining more from less for more and more -- not only the current generations, for the future generations.
Video examples
The Y2K Scare PIPE National...
trains may come to a halt people were terrified the world was going to end this is not one of the summer movies where you can close your eyes during the scary parts with nearly everything in our economy run by computers the prospect of the digital meltdown is too
Video examples
Why Brexit happened --...
The educated blamed the less well-educated. That complete meltdown was made even worse by the most tragic element of levels of xenophobia and racist abuse in the streets of Britain at a level that I have never seen before in my lifetime.
Video examples
How to manage your time...
So with your emails, insisting on always doing the very most important thing first could lead to a meltdown. Waking up to an inbox three times fuller than normal could take nine times longer to clear.
Video examples
Nationalism vs....
we are now facing an ecological meltdown. And if we now try to reengineer the world inside us without really understanding it, especially without understanding the complexity of our mental system,
Video examples
How DARPA is creating...
deep web and the dark web to find human traffickers these are the kinds of robots that could one day navigate through a damaged nuclear reactor and prevent a meltdown this is a vehicle
Video examples
In uncertain times,...
And in that time, we have all crossed into this hostile, uncharted territory of climate breakdown, of endless wars, of economic meltdowns, of deep political divisions,
Video examples
The Tipping Point PIPE...
points dotted all around it greenland and west antarctica could be tipped into irreversible meltdown the atlantic ocean has what we call an
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George W. Bush
American President
So, for example, a country was into recession right after I was sworn in, a dot-com bust had taken place. Then the attacks of September the 11th, and then of course the great financial meltdown in the -the fundamental question facing any presidency is how do you deal with the hand you're dealt?
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Wladimir Klitschko
Ukrainian Leader
Radiation doesn't recognize borders. A meltdown in Japan or India, say, is a danger to the whole world. Wind circulates the radiation everywhere. Water quality is affected. We all eat the same fish. We use products from all over the world - if something is contaminated, it will cause harm.
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Keanu Reeves
Canadian Actor
I had the classic 40 meltdown. I did. It's embarrassing. It was pretty funny. But then I recovered. To me, it was like a second adolescence. Hormonally, my body was changing, my mind was changing, and so my relationship to myself and the world around me came to this assault of finiteness.
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John McEnroe
American Tennis Player
If you watch a guy go out on court and have a meltdown, you're not going to think, 'Oh my God, now I'm screwed.' Or you're not going to think, 'The umpire's going to give him calls because he's just told him he's an idiot or the pits of the world.
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Michelle Obama
American First Lady
Exercise is really important to me - it's therapeutic. So if I'm ever feeling tense or stressed or like I'm about to have a meltdown, I'll put on my iPod and head to the gym or out on a bike ride along Lake Michigan with the girls.
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Robert Rinder
English Judge
In our 'Strictly' group, we really did bond. It's seemingly disappointing to some that we had no diva meltdowns. I made true friends during the experience, which is surprising because I'm not a new-pals sort of person.
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Richard Branson
British Businessman
When Brexiters told the public that people were exaggerating, that there would be a financial meltdown, I think it's been proven that they were not exaggerating.
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Rahm Emanuel
American Politician
There was no blueprint or how-to manual for fixing a global financial meltdown, an auto crisis, two wars and a great recession, all at the same time.
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Ben Horowitz
English Businessman
The first rule of the C.E.O. psychological meltdown is 'Don't talk about the psychological meltdown.
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Suki Waterhouse
English Actress
I'll sit on the floor and cry if I'm having a meltdown. I don't care.
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George W. Bush
American President
So, for example, a country was into recession right after I was sworn in, a dot-com bust had taken place. Then the attacks of September the 11th, and then of course the great financial meltdown in the -the fundamental question facing any presidency is how do you deal with the hand you're dealt?
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Wladimir Klitschko
Ukrainian Leader
Radiation doesn't recognize borders. A meltdown in Japan or India, say, is a danger to the whole world. Wind circulates the radiation everywhere. Water quality is affected. We all eat the same fish. We use products from all over the world - if something is contaminated, it will cause harm.
Quote examples
Keanu Reeves
Canadian Actor
I had the classic 40 meltdown. I did. It's embarrassing. It was pretty funny. But then I recovered. To me, it was like a second adolescence. Hormonally, my body was changing, my mind was changing, and so my relationship to myself and the world around me came to this assault of finiteness.
Quote examples
John McEnroe
American Tennis Player
If you watch a guy go out on court and have a meltdown, you're not going to think, 'Oh my God, now I'm screwed.' Or you're not going to think, 'The umpire's going to give him calls because he's just told him he's an idiot or the pits of the world.
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Michelle Obama
American First Lady
Exercise is really important to me - it's therapeutic. So if I'm ever feeling tense or stressed or like I'm about to have a meltdown, I'll put on my iPod and head to the gym or out on a bike ride along Lake Michigan with the girls.
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Robert Rinder
English Judge
In our 'Strictly' group, we really did bond. It's seemingly disappointing to some that we had no diva meltdowns. I made true friends during the experience, which is surprising because I'm not a new-pals sort of person.
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Richard Branson
British Businessman
When Brexiters told the public that people were exaggerating, that there would be a financial meltdown, I think it's been proven that they were not exaggerating.
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Rahm Emanuel
American Politician
There was no blueprint or how-to manual for fixing a global financial meltdown, an auto crisis, two wars and a great recession, all at the same time.
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Ben Horowitz
English Businessman
The first rule of the C.E.O. psychological meltdown is 'Don't talk about the psychological meltdown.
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Suki Waterhouse
English Actress
I'll sit on the floor and cry if I'm having a meltdown. I don't care.
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