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  • noun Plural form of meltdown.

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Examples

  • Now, as he toddles his way through the world, the information is more focused on his behavior, reassuring us, for example, that a recent rise in meltdowns actually means that his development is "right on track."

    Sam Chaltain: It's the Development, Stupid Sam Chaltain 2010

  • Now, as he toddles his way through the world, the information is more focused on his behavior, reassuring us, for example, that a recent rise in meltdowns actually means that his development is "right on track."

    Sam Chaltain: It's the Development, Stupid Sam Chaltain 2010

  • Neil Sullivan, director of Boston's Private Industry Council, believes Brown's insurgent Senate victory last week provides Obama with something neither Ronald Reagan nor Bill Clinton had when they suffered midterm meltdowns:

    Home - BostonHerald.com Peter Gelzinis 2010

  • I always hesitate to mention this because I don't want to be held responsible for the subsequent far-right noggin meltdowns.

    Bob Cesca: When in Doubt, They Beat Up Women Bob Cesca 2010

  • I always hesitate to mention this because I don't want to be held responsible for the subsequent far-right noggin meltdowns.

    Bob Cesca: When in Doubt, They Beat Up Women Bob Cesca 2010

  • I always hesitate to mention this because I don't want to be held responsible for the subsequent far-right noggin meltdowns.

    Bob Cesca: When in Doubt, They Beat Up Women Bob Cesca 2010

  • I always hesitate to mention this because I don't want to be held responsible for the subsequent far-right noggin meltdowns.

    Bob Cesca: When in Doubt, They Beat Up Women Bob Cesca 2010

  • No doubt the recent meltdowns, which is to say nothing of illegal labor and outsourcing to places like Saipan, shoot that theory down as well.

    Hanlon's Razor 2009

  • As I mentioned above, complex seizures, demyelinating disorders and mitochondrial "meltdowns" have all been implicated in autistic regression.

    David Kirby: Why The Vaccine-Autism Issue Won't Go Away David Kirby 2011

  • After all, I'm sure the last thing HQ wants is the media having free digs at the party over supposed 'meltdowns' and '3rd, 4th, 5th choice candidates' etc.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Jeff 2009

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