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 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

Ever since the Dodgers dropped a billion-dollar hammer on Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the rest of baseball has melted down. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 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

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