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
Spencer Kimball,gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2024
The reactor in question is the sibling to the one that partially melted down in 1979, and most recently operated at a loss in 2019.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2024
Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
In a competitive situation, Deadline is told that the streamer has secured the rights to Weather Girl, an apocalyptic one-woman play about a Californian weather girl in meltdown that staged sold out shows throughout August to rave reviews.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
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The reactor that Constellation plans to reopen, Unit 1, is not the one the partially melted down in 1979.
—Spencer Kimball,gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2024
The reactor in question is the sibling to the one that partially melted down in 1979, and most recently operated at a loss in 2019.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2024
Noun
Advertisement The Yankees’ fifth-inning defensive meltdown was pure, Charlie Chaplin-caliber slapstick comedy.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
In a competitive situation, Deadline is told that the streamer has secured the rights to Weather Girl, an apocalyptic one-woman play about a Californian weather girl in meltdown that staged sold out shows throughout August to rave reviews.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melt down
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But if anyone’s going to crack this case for real, the safe money’s on Houlihan, the eagle-eyed 25-year-old detective who seems to be the only one with a gut instinct worth following.Caroline Framke, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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If not, there will be another opportunity to crack the puzzle tomorrow.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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This sent the tribal council into a tailspin as the remaining players scrambled on who to vote out.Emily DeLetter, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
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Days later, Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy, sending the already-faltering economy into a tailspin.Dan Alexander, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Following a bridge collapse on the property, authorities rescued a man after he was trapped under a tractor in an Illinois creek for more than 30 minutes.David Chiu, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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For the ancient creatures, collapse could have been triggered by many causes.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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Things were going fair to middling with his candidacy until Biden’s catastrophic, catatonic debate performance in June, which caused a major Democratic freak-out and resulted in his grudging departure from the ticket and endorsement of Harris.Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Worry not: Renée Rouleau Rest Day Masque helps skin bounce back from ingredient irritation with an occlusive formula that seals in the soothing, inflammation-reducing benefits of shea butter, fatty acids, and vitamin E. No more flaky freak-out face.Allure, Allure, 26 Sep. 2024
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The rule could prevent a disaster like the one that happened with Synapse, where thousands of consumers lost access to their funds.Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Regional authorities have been heavily criticized for having issued alerts to mobile phones some two hours after the disaster had started.Hernán Muñoz and Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Set in 1960s Italy, Sally Bishop (Monroe) and her husband travel to a remote villa in the wake of Sally’s nervous breakdown.Zac Ntim, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
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As Greenberg, a carpenter on the back end of a nervous breakdown, Stiller lets his normally muscular shoulders slump forward and his eyes refuse to light up with their famous blueness.Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
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Because surgeons are dirty little freaks, the bloodbath gives Owen and Teddy their first good laugh in probably months.Laura Bradley, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
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Instead of a terrifying bloodbath, the episode ends with laughter and misunderstanding, and a sweet and elegant solution for both the Baron and the Sire (New Jersey!), as well as great gags like the runner of no one being able to pronounce the Sire’s human name and Laszlo swallowing a harmonica.Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2024
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Armed with that information, off-roading is a lot less likely to be marred by choking, toxic smoke that comes along with dangerous levels of combustion if users know which areas to avoid.Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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He is accused of fatally choking 30-year-old Jordan Neely on a New York City subway in 2023.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Melt down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melt%20down. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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