meltdowns

noun

plural of meltdown
1
as in anxieties

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2
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
  • Gildea and Sergay served as codirectors and coproducers of Dunham’s recent hit Famesick, in which the Girls creator details years’ worth of breakthroughs and breakdowns.
    — Brian Raftery, Vanity Fair, 6 Oct. 2026
  • If there are no major complaints or visible breakdowns, renewal feels like the low-risk choice.
    — Stephen Sokoler, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of breakdowns
Noun
  • Coffee spills, muddy shoes, pet mishaps, and everyday messes don’t have to turn into decorating disasters.
    — Ethan Stone October 9, Idaho Statesman, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Rosatom says this inherent design prevents severe disasters, removing any need to evacuate local communities during an accident.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of disasters
Noun
  • This had resulted in several nervous breakdowns during my first few weeks back home.
    — Joe Manganiello, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
  • 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
  • At a True Texas Project meeting earlier this month, O’Hare was sounding the alarms, worried about the safety of his seat.
    — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2026
  • But my friend says—three air raid alarms during the screening, and after each all-clear, the story was rewound ten minutes.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 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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