as in to crack
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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as in tailspin
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as in collapse
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Recent Examples of melt down
The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 20 Mar. 2025
The tallow used in food is produced by rendering, or melting down, this fatty tissue.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, TIME, 19 Mar. 2025
Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
The meltdown in Chinese markets a decade ago was driven by a sudden loss of confidence by investors, so propping up stocks helped calm nerves, said Zhiwu Chen, a professor of finance at the University of Hong Kong.
—Joe Rennison, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Verb
The golden toilet was most certainly melted down and sold, worth about $3.6 million for the precious metal alone.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 20 Mar. 2025
The tallow used in food is produced by rendering, or melting down, this fatty tissue.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, TIME, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
Most significantly, during the 2008–2009 financial meltdown, Nvidia shares plummeted by 85%.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
The meltdown in Chinese markets a decade ago was driven by a sudden loss of confidence by investors, so propping up stocks helped calm nerves, said Zhiwu Chen, a professor of finance at the University of Hong Kong.
—Joe Rennison, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melt down
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Unhackable networks: Traditional encryption relies on complex math problems that could eventually be cracked by powerful computers.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The same goes with cast-iron skillets, which can rust, and crystal, which can crack or grow cloudy.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
13 Apr. 2025
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During those seven days, however, the tariffs upset trade partners, sent world financial markets into a tailspin and prompted one automaker to lay off 900 American workers.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
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Greer said that the levies, which have sent global markets into a tailspin, have brought around 50 countries to the negotiating table to discuss changing their barriers to trade.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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With the Soviet Union’s collapse, the United States enjoyed a margin of superiority that would have been unimaginable to earlier great powers.—
A. Wess Mitchell,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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The pope died in his apartment from a stroke, coma and irreversible cardiovascular collapse (heart failure), according to the Holy See.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Apr. 2025
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Every so often, the E.R. is visited by rats, little symbols of disrepair and instigators of slapstick freak-outs.—
James Poniewozik,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Enter another Jamie freak-out, which seems to come out of nowhere.—
Marah Eakin,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2025
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After severe storms hit the state in mid-March, Sanders applied for disaster relief through FEMA, under what's known as a major disaster declaration.—
Luke Barr,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2025
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The march happened after more disasters caused by climate change and pollution impacted the country.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The finale, a musical nervous breakdown, illuminates what’s been driving the character all along.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2025
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Can’t a girl have a nervous breakdown/trial separation/midlife crisis/death/divorce in peace around here?!—
Esther Kang,
People.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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The vote six weeks later ended up being a bloodbath for Conservatives, as the Labor Party, led by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, swept them out of office for the first time in 14 years.—
Brian Melley,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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The president’s actions appear to be a response to the market bloodbath — a discomfiting development for many Trump supporters who depend on union pension funds or 401(k) retirement accounts.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2025
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Are there really women out there who want Badgley to put on his Joe Goldberg cap and choke them?—
Judy Berman,
Time,
24 Apr. 2025
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Southern California has been choked by smog since the mass adoption of the automobile.—
Terry Castleman,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Melt down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melt%20down. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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