meltdown
krisis
definition
noun
the 1987 stock market meltdown
a disastrous event, especially a rapid fall in share prices.
I was 21 years old and it was three days after the partial meltdown of the reactor core.
an accident in a nuclear reactor in which the fuel overheats and melts the reactor core or shielding.
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the global financial system suffered a major 'meltdown'
Will any of the business models that emerged over the past five years survive the 'meltdown' on Wall Street?
It's been a long time since I've had a major 'meltdown' , and this time it was just about a puppy.
We asked them to offer practical lessons that they learned from the 'meltdown' .
All three sell products to a wide range of markets, which helps protect them from a 'meltdown' in any one sector.
they wondered what could have triggered her 'meltdown'
Like a 'meltdown' in a nuclear power plant, the conflagration now threatens to take the whole examination system down with it.
I was 21 years old and it was three days after the partial 'meltdown' of the reactor core.
The patient also learns how to cope with unavoidable stress without having a 'meltdown' .
the story will revolve around her 'meltdown' following the accident
Some nuclear critics had asserted that a core 'meltdown' would inevitably breach containment.
Only the most brilliant of chief executives can move the share price and even here the evidence in the face of the dotcom 'meltdown' is scant.
First there was the Nasdaq 'meltdown' and the devastation of the dotcoms and the idea of the casual workplace.
Fearing a 'meltdown' , the reactor officer shuts down the submarine's main source of power.
I can't walk into a nuclear power plant and start fiddling with knobs and dials, without causing a nuclear 'meltdown' .
In May 1967 radioactivity was released into the environment when fuel caught fire in a reactor and suffered a partial 'meltdown' .
Lipsio said he took little comfort in knowing that the 'meltdown' at the Palm Beach elections office happened during a trial to help spot such problems.
But he was saved from a total electoral 'meltdown' by only a handful of votes.
Even as a result of the only major 'meltdown' , at Three Mile Island in the United States a quarter of a century ago, no lives were lost.
The last thing a small business needs is a computer 'meltdown' just when it's time to run off the monthly accounts.
A year ago one of the company's nuclear plants came dangerously close to a core 'meltdown' .
the 1987 stock market 'meltdown'
That's why Yu's comments triggered such angst among those who see the makings of a dollar 'meltdown' .
They show you presentations of how top military bases were hacked and nuclear installations almost brought to 'meltdown' .
Somewhere along the way, a pipe bursts in the reactor core and 'meltdown' begins.
Let the kids and grandkids deal with it, just like they can deal with the deficit, rogue nuclear 'meltdowns' , and the collapse of the currency market.
On the ice, the emphasis no longer is on the 'meltdowns' he used to suffer when the pressure was the greatest, when opponents tried to get under his skin.
I'd be the last to whinge about tight deadlines, technology 'meltdowns' , the stress, the strain, the always urgent need to come up with an alternative expression for ‘and the wall did its job.’
As a result, sudden 'meltdowns' - such as the Asian financial crisis - can turn flourishing countries into basket cases overnight.
Go and try out the Nuclear Power Plant Simulator and see how many 'meltdowns' you cause before you manage to survive an entire shift.
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