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
Stolen Louvre loot worth $102 million may be melted down.
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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
Along the way, narratives of both Bridges and the Little Rock students were largely melted down and resculpted into Civil Rights triumph.
—Andrea Williams, Nashville Tennessean, 27 Sep. 2025
An ancient gold bracelet belonging to an Egyptian pharaoh that had disappeared from a museum in Cairo was stolen and later melted down, the country's Interior Ministry said Thursday.
—Charlene Gubash, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2025
Cairo, Egypt Reuters — A 3,000-year-old gold bracelet that disappeared from an Egyptian museum earlier this month was stolen and melted down, the country’s Interior Ministry said on Thursday.
—CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
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
Along the way, narratives of both Bridges and the Little Rock students were largely melted down and resculpted into Civil Rights triumph.
—Andrea Williams, Nashville Tennessean, 27 Sep. 2025
An ancient gold bracelet belonging to an Egyptian pharaoh that had disappeared from a museum in Cairo was stolen and later melted down, the country's Interior Ministry said Thursday.
—Charlene Gubash, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2025
Cairo, Egypt Reuters — A 3,000-year-old gold bracelet that disappeared from an Egyptian museum earlier this month was stolen and melted down, the country’s Interior Ministry said on Thursday.
—CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for melted down
Verb
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Their new trend report breaks down destinations gaining the most buzz – and a few American getaways cracked the list of international gems.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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Through it all, the banking world is still painting a picture of an economy that hasn’t cracked yet.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The figure of Achilles, a warrior who singlehandedly choked a river with dead enemies before taking on the river god himself, provided a model for Alexander the Great and persists in contemporary popular entertainment, political speech, and military culture in celebrations of shock and awe.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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On Tuesday, a vehicle breakdown on the westbound upper deck choked the morning commute into Marin.—
Adrian Rodriguez,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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Dianna Russini of The Athletic broke down plenty of reports indicating which NFL teams are targeting what position to bolster their rosters.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 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 30 Oct. 2025.
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