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
Haddy also offers environmental benefits in terms of waste reduction and resource efficiency because their creations can be melted down and used to produce new objects.
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
Along with encouraging parishioners to pledge money, Cioffi asked them to donate their jewelry, to be melted down and fashioned into a crown to be affixed to a painting of the Virgin on the altarpiece.
—Susan Mulcahy, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Bills fans melted down, especially after Buffalo had called a timeout just before the play.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2025
Stolen Louvre loot worth $102 million may be melted down.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025
Stolen Louvre loot worth $102 million may be melted down.
—Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
The bracelet, which had belonged to Pharaoh Usermaatre Amenemope, was melted down.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Reliever Luke Weaver melted down again, and then seemed lost trying to explain it postgame.
—Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
However, Salter melted down at the end of the first half after TCU cut the lead to 14-7.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2025
Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
Along with encouraging parishioners to pledge money, Cioffi asked them to donate their jewelry, to be melted down and fashioned into a crown to be affixed to a painting of the Virgin on the altarpiece.
—Susan Mulcahy, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Bills fans melted down, especially after Buffalo had called a timeout just before the play.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2025
Stolen Louvre loot worth $102 million may be melted down.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025
Stolen Louvre loot worth $102 million may be melted down.
—Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
The bracelet, which had belonged to Pharaoh Usermaatre Amenemope, was melted down.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Reliever Luke Weaver melted down again, and then seemed lost trying to explain it postgame.
—Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
However, Salter melted down at the end of the first half after TCU cut the lead to 14-7.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for melted down
Verb
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Last year, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame chairman John Sykes cracked open the door to dispel a bit of mystique that surrounds his nominating committee.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
9 Nov. 2025
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To this day, no townhouse has cracked $90 million — hedge-funder Philip Falcone’s doublewide townhouse on East 65th Street, set the townhouse record in 2019 at nearly $80 million, which has yet to be surpassed.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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But the evening wasn’t without late-game drama, as the Wildcats choked away an early 18-point lead as the 49ers cut the margin down to two with less than 30 seconds to play.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Nov. 2025
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From long before dawn until well past dark, similar rafts choked the river, packed with as many as 20 migrants per raft.—
Daniel Gonzalez,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Talks reportedly broke down due to Meyer's lack of coaching experience in the NIL era.—
Matt Audilet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Nov. 2025
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Combs got emotional and broke down crying when Kim Porter appeared on the screen.—
Rolling Stone,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Melted down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melted%20down. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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