MELT DOWN Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

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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noun

as in tailspin

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as in collapse

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People are driving themselves up the wall: Democratic X melted down; Republicans celebrated. —

Axios, 9 Sep. 2024 The solar energy company has filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in a quest to reorganize its finances that have melted down in the face of blistering shifts in the regulatory picture for the industry in California. —

George Avalos, The Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2024

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Further Reading The last reactor at Three Mile Island is shutting down Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island plant rose to infamy in 1979 when a partial meltdown in Unit 2 helped ignite panic over nuclear safety across the country. —

Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2024 The partial nuclear reactor meltdown at Three Mile Island happened on March 28, 1979, when one of the plant's two reactors' cooling mechanisms malfunctioned. —

C Mandler, NPR, 20 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for melt down

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