FLIPPED (OUT) Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

flipped (out)

verb

past tense of flip (out), slang

as in melted down

to yield to mental or emotional stress a movie about a submarine captain who flips out when there's an emergency, leaving the crew to deal with it on their own

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as in had a fit

to become very angry when my wife saw that I had broken her great-grandmother's vase, she absolutely flipped out

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Due to this, silver was often cut into smaller pieces or melted down.

— Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
The cartridges were intended to be melted down for gold at a metal recovery service, but the games were never destroyed, Braun told ABC News.

— Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of melted down

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All lanes of Interstate 80 near Sierra College Boulevard in the Loomis area reopened Wednesday morning after a fiery crash shut down westbound traffic and snarled the morning commute.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026
The ensuing traffic jam sent reverberations far and wide and snarled thousands of people.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 30 Aug. 2026

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Authorities have also warned of potential further collapse around the glacier on Langtang Lirung mountain in Nepal, which cracked and broke off, triggering the August 26 landslide and flooding.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
Michael Busch cracked an RBI single off Calvin Faucher in the sixth, before Kyle Stowers’ home run – a solo shot and his 19th of the season – in the seventh pulled Miami to within 6-5.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2026

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Sánchez is facing mounting scrutiny amid a prolonged humanitarian crisis in Ceuta, where the flood of thousands of migrants has angered residents in the tiny community, which is ill-equipped to handle such an influx.

— Suman Naishadham, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Prosecutors argued Monday that Kading’s disclosures angered Davis.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026

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Chief among them is the war in Iran, which analysts view as a stalemate that has choked major maritime arteries for oil and gas.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026
The blockade choked one of the world’s most important shipping lanes and Iran dictated where the war’s frontline would be, rattling the global economy.

— Justin Fishel, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

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The perfect start was snapped by a 27-14 loss at Long Beach State — which counted as a conference game despite Long Beach competing in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.

— Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 31 Aug. 2026
Others snapped selfies holding physical copies of Hard Court and marveled at the chestnut burrs—that emulated the look of tennis balls—placed around the shop.

— Paul Chi, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026

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Suspect accused of illegally operating business Two months before the building blew up, a neighboring business owner noticed extremely high levels of carbon dioxide in their business, according to an affidavit.

— Josh Kelly, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Singer-songwriter who blew up on TikTok showcases indie-pop originals.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026

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