Synonyms of melted down

melted down

verb

past tense of melt down

as in cracked

to yield to mental or emotional stress

rather than melt down, the team strengthened their resolve and ended up winning the game

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cracked
• lost it
• fell apart
• flipped (out)
• freaked (out)
• choked
• went to pieces
• broke down
• wigged (out)
• broke up
• blew one's cool
• went off the deep end

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of melted down

Doing the exact opposite of his last name, the 32-year-old former Defensive Player of the Year melted down in the third quarter of Houston's 115-108 win. — Alejandro Avila, FOXNews.com, 13 Nov. 2026

In the last few years, thieves have increasingly been going for precious stones and metals such as gold, which can be melted down, cut, or taken apart from their casings and sold without a trace. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 13 Nov. 2026

Paraguay’s president was removed from office and detained after the country’s largest digital bank melted down, leaving half the populace without access to funds and plunging the country into a political crisis. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 8 Nov. 2026

The album featured the sexy, chicken-scratch funk of the 1970s melted down to something slow and gooey next to early-morning comedown music for a ’90s-style sunrise in the chill-out room. — Jack Denton, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026

After the band melted down, Hughes went out on his own, releasing his 1977 solo debut, Play Me Out, the first of more than a dozen solo LPs he’s released. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2026

Herbert melted down, getting stonewalled on a fourth-and-one keeper, fumbling away the next possession, then ending the next with an interception. — Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026

Here’s why How junk silver is valued The price of junk silver is based on its melt value — the value of the silver content if the coin were melted down. — Nick Perry, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

Thieves also are increasingly targeting museum items with gold and other precious metals that can be melted down and with gemstones that can be removed and sold, the agency said in a report in August. — ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026