Synonyms of melting down

melting down

verb

present participle of melt down

as in losing it

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

• losing it
• falling apart
• cracking
• going to pieces
• freaking (out)
• flipping (out)
• choking
• wigging (out)
• breaking down
• breaking up
• going off the deep end
• blowing one's cool

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of melting down

This is Gordo and Tracy sacrificing themselves by running onto the moon’s surface with only duct-tape suits to stop a nuclear reactor from melting down. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 July 2026

What beef tallow is and how it’s made Beef tallow is a white, shelf-stable cooking fat made by rendering — or melting down — the fatty tissue that surrounds a cow’s organs, according to Michelle Crouch at AARP. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026

Practice non-reaction This can feel counterintuitive, but sometimes the best strategy is to take a pause and not immediately react or intervene when your child is melting down. — ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 3 Apr. 2026

Sidestep a financial wrangle if someone is melting down. — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2026

Explosions near the site had already damaged a high-voltage power line; Ukraine feared the failure of cooling systems that prevent nuclear fuel from melting down. — Robin Wright, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025

The first of the films is Blue Moon, a sweet-and-sour portrait of the lyricist Lorenz Hart (played by Ethan Hawke) melting down at a bar near the tail end of his Broadway career. — David Sims, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025

If those systems fail—or simply run out of diesel—the plant would have no way to stop the nuclear fuel inside those reactors from overheating and potentially melting down. — Simon Shuster, Time, 23 Oct. 2025

The secret is melting down pink Himalayan salt to combine it with maple syrup. — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025