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

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

Most of the statue was melted down and reformed into musket balls, and several of these are on display in the opening section of the show across from four large intact pieces of the original. — Cat Dawson, ARTnews.com, 3 July 2026