MELTDOWNS Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

meltdowns

noun

plural of meltdown

as in anxieties

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Noun

Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy spent a good chunk of his weekly visit with reporters detailing breakdowns that led to last weekend’s crushing loss at Denver.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2026
Check out the complete top ten, as well as other regional breakdowns here, courtesy of PropertyShark.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of breakdowns

Noun

At the same time, as the extreme heat and wildfires this year showed us, climate disasters are taking lives and inflicting economic losses on a scale that governments can no longer afford to ignore.

— Laurence Tubiana, Time, 6 Nov. 2026
Their power persisted despite proliferating school shootings, the devastating failures of the state’s electrical grid, the preventable deaths of pregnant women, and other scandals, disasters, and tragedies.

— Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of disasters

Noun

From the very start, the students assigned as guards went on cruel power trips and repeatedly humiliated — if not psychologically tortured — the inmates, to the point that some of the prisoners suffered nervous breakdowns.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 29 Oct. 2026
This had resulted in several nervous breakdowns during my first few weeks back home.

— Joe Manganiello, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of nervous breakdowns

Noun

When the Gators aren’t generating pressure, the back end of the defense collapses, ranking in the bottom third nationally in pass defense.

— Noah White, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026
The county’s staff report warned that the deteriorating pipe could cause more ground collapses, damage nearby property and interfere with stormwater drainage.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of collapses

Noun

Make sure your home has working smoke alarms, and keep them maintained according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

— Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 29 Oct. 2026
The confrontation spilled into the military, where reservists threatened to suspend volunteer service, raising alarms about Israel's preparedness.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of alarms

Noun

The protagonist becomes a wise-guy version of Benjamin’s Angel of History, watching calamities accumulate before his eyes.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of calamities

Noun

Since Benson and her co-authors met in Oviedo, weather catastrophes have multiplied, oceans have acidified and the amount of carbon in the atmosphere has soared.

— Katie Worth, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2026
With that in mind, here’s a look at three new books shaped by catastrophes large and small.

— Lisa Henricksson, Air Mail, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of catastrophes

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