MELTDOWNS Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

meltdowns

noun

plural of meltdown

as in anxieties

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Noun

Communication breakdowns may leave patients unaware of available services, while a lack of referrals can keep them from receiving needed care.

— Marci Lee Nilsen, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2026
Making thoughtful choices on how much to automate work and decisions, as well as putting the right boundaries and guardrails in place, can go a long way in preventing breakdowns in that partnership.

— Elisa Mallis, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of breakdowns

Noun

Since 2024, the state and federal governments have spent over half a billion dollars on disasters in Ruidoso — nine times the village’s annual budget.

— Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026
These same companies continue to kill the clean energy that is not only cheaper, but try to side-step their glaring responsibility for the increasing cascade of climate disasters.

— Tom Tapp, Deadline, 21 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

Division 1 contenders Barring late-season collapses or major upsets, the Southern Section Division 1 playoff teams are looking pretty easy to identify.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
The balcony of one of the beachfront homes is collapses into the sea.

— Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of collapses

Noun

Set those alarms early again Sunday because the NFL is headed overseas for another international showdown.

— Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
The standard double comes with plush furnishings, down duvets and pillows, Bose speakers and alarms, flat-screen TVs, and a view of either the rooftop of the hotel pool, plus little perks like free Champagne at check-in.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 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

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