Meltdown (Red Dwarf episode)
WordNet
noun
(1) A disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown
"There is little likelihood of a meltdown comparable to the American banking collapse in March 1933"
(2) Severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping
WiktionaryText
Noun
- Severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping.
- Four years have passed since the meltdown at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, but the grim legacy of the Soviet catastrophe is still unfolding. http://www.time.com/time/daily/chernobyl/chernobyl.index.html
- A situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown.
- Computer engineers were at a loss last night to explain why the Government had been hit by arguably the worst electronic meltdown in the history of Whitehall. http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=587262
- A tantrum.