melted down

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

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Recent Examples of melted down 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 Jeweled and metal goods have increasingly become a target of theft because they can be melted down or broken down into parts. — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026 Due to this, silver was often cut into smaller pieces or melted down. — Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026 Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a stretch yarn from polyethylene that is able to be melted down and recycled. — Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 10 Aug. 2026 Tin cans are also melted down and turned into aluminium for jewelry. — Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 At one point, his statue in Charlottesville, Virginia, was melted down into two tons of bronze ingots. — Tara Sonenshine, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2026 The Art Nouveau and Art Deco items taken are said to be made of crystal, gold, and semi-precious stones, and cannot be melted down. — News Desk, Artforum, 7 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for melted down
Verb
  • Victoria’s Secret Angels ate crispy rice tuna and cracked open layered chocolate-and-ice-cream desserts.
    — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Could Disney+ be keeping the door cracked open for a potential season three?
    — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The woman denied the allegations, and Ross hit her in the chest several times, the report says, and choked her, restricting her breathing by twisting the collar of her hoodie.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Some were also choked — images jurors were shown by both the defense and the prosecution.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • His address last year came months after the 12-day Israel-Iran war that saw the assassination of many of the Islamic Republic's highest military and political leaders and once again broke down weeks of negotiations with the United States.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The state’s lease on the property ended in 2023 after talks broke down and the land had been eyed by its owner, the Neel family, along with other land holdings for potential redevelopment into commercial and industrial uses.
    — J. Scott Trubey, AJC.com, 24 Sep. 2026

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“Melted down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melted%20down. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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