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
Mickey Gasper drove in a career-high three runs, and Matt Wallner hit his 21st home run of the season, but Minnesota’s bullpen melted down in the seventh inning and the White Sox rallied to sweep a four-game series with a 11-8 victory Thursday at nearly empty Target Field.
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John Shipley, Twin Cities, 5 Sep. 2025
Keegan Akin shut the Red Sox down over two perfect innings, but the home club finally had an opportunity in the eighth after Kade Strowd melted down with two singles and a four-pitch walk to load the bases with nobody out.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Chris said the plates are melted down and reused for incoming ambassadors.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 6 Sep. 2024
John Shipley, Twin Cities, 5 Sep. 2025
Keegan Akin shut the Red Sox down over two perfect innings, but the home club finally had an opportunity in the eighth after Kade Strowd melted down with two singles and a four-pitch walk to load the bases with nobody out.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Chris said the plates are melted down and reused for incoming ambassadors.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 6 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for melted down
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But often, someone cracked the door and a conversation started.—
David Rodriguez Muñoz,
Freep.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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However, thanks to the sharpest images yet from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), researchers have finally cracked part of this puzzle.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Sep. 2025
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De’Andre Johnson ambushed and choked the agent in a DCS office, livestreaming the attack on Facebook.—
Miguel Torres,
AZCentral.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Court documents now identify him as the victim of a brutal assault during which he was bound by a bedsheet, choked and beaten.—
Ryan Murphy,
IndyStar,
3 Sep. 2025
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Brent Lang, Variety‘s executive editor, also broke down the 2025 summer box office haul, reflecting on the underwhelming overall tally for the crucial frame.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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Netanyahu initially said Israel would conquer all of Gaza after indirect talks with Hamas on a ceasefire and hostage release deal broke down in July.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Melted down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melted%20down. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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