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
Keaton Bell, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2025
But after Biden’s debate meltdown, Clooney wrote a guest essay for The New York Times urging Biden to step aside.
—Thea Traff, New York Times, 20 Feb. 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
Twelve days later, the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generation Station in Pennsylvania experienced the single worst nuclear meltdown on record in U.S. history, giving the film unexpected prescience.
—Keaton Bell, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2025
But after Biden’s debate meltdown, Clooney wrote a guest essay for The New York Times urging Biden to step aside.
—Thea Traff, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melt down
Verb
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The fact that Tran’s new-to-South-Beach Agent Lee is set on the path of cracking the case by asking her colleagues if there are any good Chinese restaurants in the city could cause some to roll their eyes for various reasons.—
Stephen Saito,
Variety,
9 Mar. 2025
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Mulching tomatoes is very important to provide even moisture and prevent fruit from cracking.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
9 Mar. 2025
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What Happens Next Musk's X announcement on the weekend—as well as the subsequent email, which did not include the threat of termination—sent federal agencies into a tailspin and culminated in the OPM telling agency heads on Monday that compliance with Musk's demand was voluntary.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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This was broadly celebrated online, with people also creating memes around his desire: The other big event that sent many online into a tailspin was when Jane Fonda accepted her SAG Lifetime Achievement award.—
Callum Booth,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Trump’s weaponization of longstanding U.S. intel sharing, vis-à-vis Ukraine, could accelerate Five Eyes’ collapse.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Many in Serbia believe the fatal canopy collapse was the result of sloppy work and a disregard for safety regulations because of government corruption.—
Michael Dorgan,
Fox News,
4 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
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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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But taking a hostile approach with President Donald Trump now could put federal aid for the disaster at risk.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacramento Bee,
6 Mar. 2025
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But what if fossil fuel investments, which have been dragging for a decade, are headed toward disaster?—
Marianne Krasny,
Forbes,
6 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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Before the climactic bloodbath, there’s a notable fight over nothing in a women’s restroom, spontaneous major harm at a BBQ and miscellaneous other eruptions.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
4 Mar. 2025
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However, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which climbed 0.65%, was somewhat shielded from the Monday bloodbath by gains in Apple, Johnson & Johnson and Travelers.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 2025
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But, just like peanut butter—which is considered healthy for infants—Levinson says that cold, firm chunks or thick globs of butter may pose a choking hazard.—
Sarah Scott,
Parents,
7 Mar. 2025
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Lawmakers need to get it together soon, or the economy will go from gagging to choking.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Melt down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melt%20down. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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