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
Mae Anderson and Michael Liedtke, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
His epic meltdown on Sunday was one of the most heartbreaking ever witnessed at Augusta National.
—Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 12 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
But Trump began his second term seemingly determined to impose the tariffs more broadly this time, triggering a meltdown in the market values of Apple and other technology powerhouses.
—Mae Anderson and Michael Liedtke, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
His epic meltdown on Sunday was one of the most heartbreaking ever witnessed at Augusta National.
—Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melt down
Verb
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Her case cracked the door open for other young talent to skip college entirely, but in reality, college soccer is still a key pipeline despite its changing landscape.—
Meg Linehan,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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Short passwords — think six or eight characters — can be cracked in minutes by modern hacking tools.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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But when the dot-com bubble burst and the 9/11 attacks sent markets into a tailspin, her real estate business collapsed.—
Achy Obejas Aaron Wojack,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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Cheyenne accepts, but then loses the job when the current director recovers from a stroke, sending her into a tailspin.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
25 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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Congress should promote emergency and retirement savings, empowering families to protect themselves from fiscal collapse.—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr.,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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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The march happened after more disasters caused by climate change and pollution impacted the country.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 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 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
Noun
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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
Verb
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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 2 May. 2025.
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