melt down 1 of 2

as in to crack
to yield to mental or emotional stress rather than melt down, the team strengthened their resolve and ended up winning the game

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meltdown

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noun

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Recent Examples of meltdown
Verb
Things changed following the 2007-09 housing meltdown. Wayne Winegarden, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 Its safety features, like meltdown resistance without active cooling, reduce the need for emergency planning. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
As right-wingers melt down over the choice and many of Bad Bunny’s fans rejoice, what is clear is that everyone has an opinion on what is sure to be one of the most culturally significant performances in the history of the Super Bowl. Vanessa Diaz, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025 Along the way, narratives of both Bridges and the Little Rock students were largely melted down and resculpted into Civil Rights triumph. Andrea Williams, Nashville Tennessean, 27 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for meltdown
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meltdown
Verb
  • Kiper said Beck is among four other quarterbacks who could crack his top five, depending on how the season plays out.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Not a single player that will likely crack the Leafs lineup.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Because if this tailspin continues, the offseason changes within the organization could be wide-reaching.
    Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The rejection sends Frankenstein’s monster into a tailspin of isolation and misery.
    Jon Michael Varese, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • High seas and rough surf from two hurricanes have been blamed for the collapse of seven houses on North Carolina's Outer Banks.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
  • After the collapse, the city placed the building on the dangerous buildings list and issued an order that it being repaired or demolished.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But that possibility is literally dynamited in a vision Daria has of the home abruptly blown to smithereens, the destruction replayed in slo-mo to the crashing squeals of early Pink Floyd, itself a collapse of psychedelic rock’s utopian ideals into acid-casualty freak-out.
    Jake Cole, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The dog remained unfazed during Fowler's minor freak-out.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • The organization focuses on the big disasters that often grip the headlines, such as wildfires, floods, and hurricanes – but also offers information about preparing for winter storms, tsunamis, tornados, lightning, hail and extreme heat.
    Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Freeport-McMoRan is likely to rebound from an environmental disaster last month at its giant Grasberg mine in Indonesia that led the copper and gold producer to cut its production estimates, according to UBS.
    Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But, of course, the producers didn't want Caroline to have a nervous breakdown.
    Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Sep. 2025
  • That character is Mike Tyler (Chris Evans), a Hollywood star recovering from a recent nervous breakdown and attending a garish eco-friendly charity party for the super-super-rich that’s being held in a fantastically austere Greek mine.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • After the bloodbath on the Godolkin campus in the season 2 finale, Andre, Marie (Jaz Sinclair), Jordan (played by both London Thor and Derek Luh), and Emma (Lizze Broadway) were carted off to Elmira Adult Rehabilitation Center, which is essentially a supe prison.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The Denver Nuggets are one of the few teams who can take down the Thunder The Western Conference is going to be a bloodbath for the next few years, especially with how loaded the Thunder are.
    Ryan Stano, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Previous unbeatens Florida State and USC — favorites — choked on the road.
    Manny Navarro, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In the afterglow of her magnificent album, choke enough, and the birth of her first child, Marylou Mayniel decamps to the southwest of France.
    Anna Gaca, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2025

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