Thesaurus results for MELTED DOWN

melted down

verb

past tense of melt down

as in cracked

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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Recent Examples of melted down The cartridges were intended to be melted down for gold at a metal recovery service, but the games were never destroyed, Braun told ABC News. — Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026 Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a stretch yarn from polyethylene that is able to be melted down and recycled. — Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 10 Aug. 2026 Tin cans are also melted down and turned into aluminium for jewelry. — Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 At one point, his statue in Charlottesville, Virginia, was melted down into two tons of bronze ingots. — Tara Sonenshine, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2026 The Art Nouveau and Art Deco items taken are said to be made of crystal, gold, and semi-precious stones, and cannot be melted down. — News Desk, Artforum, 7 July 2026 Most of the statue was melted down and reformed into musket balls, and several of these are on display in the opening section of the show across from four large intact pieces of the original. — Cat Dawson, ARTnews.com, 3 July 2026 The Liberty Bell had survived the war—so far—without being melted down into musket balls by the British. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 June 2026 The financial system melted down in 2008 and the global COVID-19 pandemic erupted in 2020. — Susan Page, USA Today, 22 June 2026

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If David Bowie's on the show, and something goes wrong—perhaps his coffee mug breaks accidentally because it was cracked—that's not a disaster.

— Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2026
Pete Crow-Armstrong cracked his 28th home run, a two-run shot.

— CBS News, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026

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Although Bogan and Moore initially discussed sharing the cost of a vet bill, those talks broke down over the amount, text messages show.

— Amber Gaudet Updated August 21, Charlotte Observer, 21 Aug. 2026
The Catalans beat Madrid to the Spain captain and Best Player at the World Cup, after talks between his former club Manchester City and Los Blancos broke down.

— Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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