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
Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2025
Instead, the focus will be trying to harness his energy and keep him from melting down.
—Marc Caputo, Axios, 21 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
Instead, the Chiefs melted down during a key stretch late in the first half and lost 40-22 to the Eagles.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2025
Instead, the focus will be trying to harness his energy and keep him from melting down.
—Marc Caputo, Axios, 21 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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Trade war intensifies Trump launched a new trade war last week by imposing tariffs against Washington’s three biggest trading partners, drawing immediate retaliation from Mexico, Canada and China and sending financial markets into a tailspin.—
Rob Gillies,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2025
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The Penguins have very much been in a tailspin since the 4 Nations Face-Off break and their performance two days earlier in Las Vegas was especially abysmal.—
Josh Yohe,
The Athletic,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Three people were injured following a wheelchair ramp collapse at The Knights of Columbus in Putnam on Saturday, according to the Putnam Fire Department.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
16 Mar. 2025
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This results in outward energy balancing the inward push of gravity and halting the collapse.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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
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The situation at the heart of the movie goes from bad to worse along a linear trajectory, but the horror freak-out promised by its eeriest moments never really bothers to materialize.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
25 Jan. 2025
Noun
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However, almost everyone agrees that a closer examination is needed after the disaster at DCA.—
Zach Wichter,
USA TODAY,
18 Mar. 2025
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The 1986 Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine shocked the world, contaminating regions across Eastern Europe and affecting millions.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Another great performance in a go-for-broke horror flick about a woman well over the verge of a nervous breakdown.—
Amy Nicholson,
Twin Cities,
1 Mar. 2025
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Following the breakup, Claudel suffered a nervous breakdown and was committed for psychiatric treatment.—
Tessa Solomon for ARTnews,
Robb Report,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The first half showed that this would be a bloodbath in terms of intensity, and a game of back and forth scoring runs.—
Erik Anderson,
Boston Herald,
15 Mar. 2025
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As the leaders of both superpowers warn of nuclear war, the fallout from the bloodbath in Ukraine is likely to reverberate for years and demonstrate once again that what happens in Europe doesn’t stay in Europe.—
Clifford Krauss,
airmail.news,
8 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 24 Mar. 2025.
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