meltdowns
Total composure failures
Meltdowns is the plural of meltdown, which originally described a nuclear reactor's catastrophic overheating when its core melts through containment.
The term now commonly describes emotional breakdowns—intense episodes of distress, frustration, or anger: She had a meltdown when her flight was canceled.
Financial meltdowns describe market collapses: the 2008 economic meltdown.
Failure or decomposition
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
- nervousUneasy and apprehensive
- collapseSudden structural failure
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
exhaustion · anxiety · depression · trauma · therapy · counseling · psychiatry · intervention
Uncontrolled display of frustration
- outburstSudden emotional release
- cryingEmotional tear release
- screamingLoud, shrill vocalizing
- kickingStriking with foot
rage · fury · hysterics · conniption · fit · sobbing · wailing · flailing
Sudden structural failure
- implosionViolent collapse inward
- fiascoHumiliating public failure
- debacleSudden, complete failure
- disasterSudden ruinous event
catastrophe · crisis · unraveling · disintegration · downfall · ruin · crash · bust
Sudden violent impact
- collapseSudden structural failure
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- selloffMass asset liquidation
- plungeSudden steep descent
freefall · correction · volatility · contagion · liquidity · circuit-breaker · bloodbath · rout
Controlled fission apparatus
- ChernobylSoviet nuclear disaster site
- FukushimaJapanese nuclear accident site
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
core · coolant · fission · radioactive · catastrophe · evacuation · fallout · contamination
breakdown
Failure or decomposition
burnout · exhaustion · anxiety · depression · trauma · therapy · counseling · psychiatry · intervention · recovery
tantrum
Uncontrolled display of frustration
kicking · rage · fury · hysterics · conniption · fit · sobbing · wailing · flailing · inconsolable
collapse
Sudden structural failure
disaster · catastrophe · crisis · unraveling · disintegration · downfall · ruin · crash · bust · derailment
crash
Sudden violent impact
plunge · freefall · correction · volatility · contagion · liquidity · circuit-breaker · bloodbath · rout · capitulation
reactor
Controlled fission apparatus
- ChernobylSoviet nuclear disaster site
- FukushimaJapanese nuclear accident site
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
containment · core · coolant · fission · radioactive · catastrophe · evacuation · fallout · contamination · partial
- Parenting Strugglestantrums, bedtime battles, sibling rivalry, picky eaters, potty training
- tantrumstantrums, tantrum, temper tantrums, outbursts, fits
- emotional volatilitymood swings, lability, volatility, dysregulation, highs and lows
- acting outtantrums, tantrum, pouting, whining, sulking
- behaviorshabit, aggressive, agitation, conduct, passive
- celebritycelebs, stardom, A-list, A-listers, movie stars
meltdownscomposure
Emotional self-control
self-control · calm · equanimity · poise · cool-headedness
meltdownsrecoveries
Returns to normal state
resolutions · de-escalations · turnarounds · stabilizations · soft landings
- have a meltdownLose emotional control suddenly
- nuclear meltdownReactor core destruction