meltdown

an accident in a nuclear power station when the fuel becomes very hot and dangerous because of lack of control

desastre nuclear, fusión nuclear

• a meltdown at a nuclear plant

Collocations nuclear meltdown

• The country was on high alert after the news of a possible meltdown.

  El país estaba en alerta máxima después de la noticia de un posible desastre nuclear.

an extreme state of nervous tension and anger, often shown by shouting or violent behaviour

colapso nervioso, descomposición emocional

• have a meltdown

Collocations meltdown at work

• He had a complete meltdown when he found out about the news.

  Tuvo un colapso nervioso cuando se enteró de las noticias.

a sudden and complete failure of a computer system or other technical equipment

falla técnica, colapso del sistema

• system meltdown

Collocations computer meltdown

• The company suffered a major system meltdown last week.

  La empresa sufrió un colapso del sistema la semana pasada.