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
Lauren Peller, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2025
Jewelry has always been repurposed when times are hard; stones prised out and metals melted down for sale.
—Kate Matthams, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
Saxon is the only one who has a meltdown about the phones.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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Verb
As the caucus melts down internally over Schumer's decision, House Democratic leaders returned to the Capitol fired up Friday morning following their caucus retreat in Leesburg, Virginia this week.
—Lauren Peller, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2025
Jewelry has always been repurposed when times are hard; stones prised out and metals melted down for sale.
—Kate Matthams, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
Instead, political instability and a succession of crises have fueled an economic meltdown where poverty and hunger are rapidly spreading and unemployment is rising.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
Saxon is the only one who has a meltdown about the phones.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melt down
Verb
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On the flip side, this will allow AI to crack ciphers much faster.—
Chaim Mazal,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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And while Joan wasn't there to crack a joke or steal the spotlight, the 57-year-old bride made sure her mom was part of the celebration.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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His approach to trade – announcing abrupt and dramatic tariffs on certain imports, calling the duties off and later threatening to impose new ones – has thrown financial markets into a tailspin.—
Michael Collins,
USA TODAY,
15 Mar. 2025
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The final ratings were the best for the Oscars since 23.6 million watched the 2020 Oscar 'cast, held about a month before the pandemic lockdown closed down the movie business and sent the industry into a tailspin.—
David Bloom,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The building collapse near the city's Chatuchak Market killed at least three people, Thai National Institute for Emergency Medicine said at 4:20 p.m. local time (5:30 a.m. ET).—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2025
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Andoni Iraola has watched with difficulty as his team’s phenomenal campaign has teetered on the edge of collapse.—
Sam Tighe,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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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No one is really disputing it, but the market freak-out hinges on the truthfulness of a single and relatively unknown company.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
The Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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However, he’s also had his share of expensive disasters, such as Joao Felix, Santiago Arias and Nikola Kalinić.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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All the while, he’s typically dressed in a form-fitting dress, a shoulder-length wig and heeled boots (because open-toed shoes around hatchets and augers could spell disaster).—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Robson suffered two nervous breakdowns and Safechuck had insomnia and depression.—
Danielle Bacher,
People.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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Ossoff had no reason to expect to win the runoff until Perdue and many in his state party had a collective nervous breakdown over Donald Trump’s efforts to swipe Georgia’s electoral votes.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The sixth episode of 1923 season 2, which aired on Sunday, March 30, saw the culmination of five characters' stories as a bloodbath took place in Oklahoma and a shootout broke hearts in Montana.—
Julia Moore,
People.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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There are twice as many tributes (48: two boys and two girls from each district) for this year’s bloodbath, an annual event wherein children and teenagers are forced to fight to the death as a reminder of the districts’ failed rebellion against the Capitol.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
27 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Drummond stops choking Mark and backs off slowly, then smashes the pistol from Lorne’s hand.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Our beaches are full of these pieces of plastic that end up choking our marine life and polluting our waterways.—
Steve Padilla,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Melt down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melt%20down. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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