meltdowns

noun

plural of meltdown
1
as in anxieties

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as in disasters

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meltdowns
  1. breakdowns
  2. disasters
  3. nervous breakdowns
  4. collapses
  5. alarms
  6. bloodbaths
  7. calamities
  8. catastrophes
Noun
  • But the debate has been difficult to settle because Irish national crime statistics do not routinely publish nationality breakdowns, leaving limited public data to test competing claims.
    — Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The platform brings together scripts, notes, budgets, location photography and production breakdowns, with the aim of streamlining information management across the production workflow.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of breakdowns
Noun
  • There are more conflicts today than at any time since the Second World War, and climate disasters are accelerating.
    — Jeannie Annan, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The avalanche is considered one of the worst disasters in Nepal mountaineering history.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of disasters
Noun
  • Some people in Caracas and surrounding areas suffered nervous breakdowns following the events of Wednesday afternoon, compounded by warnings that their homes might collapse.
    — Gustavo Ocando Alex, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026
Definition of nervous breakdowns
Noun
  • If drugstore brands follow prestige lines into oil-in-serum formulations, the two-step routine collapses into one.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Last year, the Giants were losing those one-score games and having their fans in a whirlwind of emotions with late-game collapses.
    — Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of collapses
Noun
  • The reasons for hope may not soon come from companies or executives sounding alarms.
    — Susan Gouijnstook, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The 7500 distress code, which is used to signal a possible hijacking, set off alarms at the highest levels.
    — Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of alarms
Noun
  • Amid the bloodbaths and whimsy, however, Eddie is evolving into someone new.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Your Night Manager and Something Very Bad characters both made big decisions that led to bloodbaths.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026
Definition of bloodbaths
Noun
  • To avert future calamities, the forest outside Bordeaux must be thinned and its fire breaks widened, said Arthur Guérin-Turcq, a Sorbonne University geographer whose family cultivates pines near Le Porge.
    — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Indeed, conflict and calamities are major factors in financial repression.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of calamities
Noun
  • An institution built explicitly to neutralize biological catastrophes is now at the center of one.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
  • With wars and climate catastrophes hitting a world still reeling from 7 million deaths caused by COVID-19, Shelley’s pandemic novel has perhaps never felt so relevant.
    — Eileen Hunt, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of catastrophes
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