George W. Bush

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?

American President

Wladimir Klitschko

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.

Ukrainian Leader

Keanu Reeves

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.

Canadian Actor

John McEnroe

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.

American Tennis Player

Michelle Obama

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.

American First Lady

Robert Rinder

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.

English Judge

Richard Branson

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.

British Businessman

Rahm Emanuel

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.

American Politician

Ben Horowitz

The first rule of the C.E.O. psychological meltdown is 'Don't talk about the psychological meltdown.

English Businessman

Suki Waterhouse

I'll sit on the floor and cry if I'm having a meltdown. I don't care.

English Actress

Denotes a quick deterioration in performance or condition.

Rapid Decline

Used to express an overwhelming display of emotions, usually negative.

Intense Emotions

Utilized for severe situations, not minor inconveniences.

Avoid Understatement

Refers specifically to catastrophic nuclear reactor failures.

Nuclear Crisis

Used in scientific and technical discussions, not in casual conversation.

Technical Jargon

Highlights the extreme nature of an event, beyond normal malfunctions.

Severity Indicator

Describes someone losing control from excessive emotional pressure.

Emotional Breakdown

Implies being overpowered by stress or stimulus, leading to loss of composure.

Signal Overwhelm

Often used to illustrate intense reactions in a vivid way.

Expressive Language

 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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 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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 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 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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 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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 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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Meltdown

A situation where something becomes much worse very quickly.

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The melting of a nuclear reactor core, which can cause a nuclear disaster.

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A violent outburst or emotional collapse.

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Rapid Decline

Intense Emotions

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