meltdown
fusión de un reactor
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.
translation of 'meltdown'
noun
fusión de un reactor
example
We asked them to offer practical lessons that they learned from the 'meltdown' .
Somewhere along the way, a pipe bursts in the reactor core and 'meltdown' begins.
All three sell products to a wide range of markets, which helps protect them from a 'meltdown' in any one sector.
It's been a long time since I've had a major 'meltdown' , and this time it was just about a puppy.
the story will revolve around her 'meltdown' following the accident
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.
they wondered what could have triggered her 'meltdown'
I can't walk into a nuclear power plant and start fiddling with knobs and dials, without causing a nuclear 'meltdown' .
The patient also learns how to cope with unavoidable stress without having a 'meltdown' .
That's why Yu's comments triggered such angst among those who see the makings of a dollar '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.
In May 1967 radioactivity was released into the environment when fuel caught fire in a reactor and suffered a partial 'meltdown' .
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 1987 stock market '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.
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' .
Some nuclear critics had asserted that a core 'meltdown' would inevitably breach containment.
First there was the Nasdaq 'meltdown' and the devastation of the dotcoms and the idea of the casual workplace.
But he was saved from a total electoral 'meltdown' by only a handful of votes.
Fearing a 'meltdown' , the reactor officer shuts down the submarine's main source of power.
the global financial system suffered a major 'meltdown'
They show you presentations of how top military bases were hacked and nuclear installations almost brought to 'meltdown' .
Will any of the business models that emerged over the past five years survive the 'meltdown' on Wall Street?
Given this me-too drive to imitate and adore, why are celebrity flame-outs and 'meltdowns' so fascinating?
While no one expects hedge-fund values to be listed in the daily newspapers, everyone would be relieved if fewer 'meltdowns' appeared in the headlines.
The public has long been suspicious of big business, but the recent financial 'meltdowns' have created even more disdain and distrust.
As a result, sudden 'meltdowns' - such as the Asian financial crisis - can turn flourishing countries into basket cases overnight.
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.’
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