meltdown
(noun) a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown; “there is little likelihood of a meltdown comparable to the American banking collapse in March 1933”
meltdown, nuclear meltdown
(noun) severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping
Source: WordNet® 3.1
meltdown (plural meltdowns)
Severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping.
A situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown; a crisis.
(figuratively) A tantrum.
• (tantrum): see tantrum
Source: Wiktionary
21 June 2025
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
