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

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

The Liberty Bell had survived the war—so far—without being melted down into musket balls by the British. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 June 2026

The financial system melted down in 2008 and the global COVID-19 pandemic erupted in 2020. — Susan Page, USA Today, 22 June 2026

The industry was already struggling with cost overruns when, in 1979, a reactor at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania partially melted down and slammed the brakes on further expansion. — IEEE Spectrum, 15 June 2026

OpenAI’s version has already melted down once and is structurally contested heading into an IPO. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 1 June 2026