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

The former Exide Technologies plant in Vernon melted down pallets of lead-acid car batteries in blast furnaces for nearly a century, blanketing up to 10,000 nearby properties with toxic dust, according to state officials. —Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026

Experts feared it would be melted down for its gold. —Ryan Brennan april 10, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2026

Except, in this case, cyber defenses have already melted down. —Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 8 Apr. 2026

So there was plenty to like about the Royals’ third straight victory after an 0-2 start … even after the bullpen melted down an 11-run lead to four in the final innings. —Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2026

Instead, glass is melted down into lower-value products like bottles or insulation, or even used as filler in construction. —Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 1 Apr. 2026

His dad needed to pop in to check something, and what caught Will’s eye was a large drum of polyethylene pellets, the raw bits that get melted down and stretched into plastic wrap and plastic bags. —Eric Boodman, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2026

After an ugly pitching performance Saturday night in which the Texas bullpen melted down and allowed six runs in the ninth inning, the Longhorns steadied themselves Sunday. —David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 8 Mar. 2026

When his kids melted down and started shrieking over the usual tantrum-inducing nonsense that sometimes sets off 4-year-olds, Buttigieg looked around nervously, gathered his family, and left the shop fast. —Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026