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
Anthony Stitt, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Continue reading … ‘HAWKING IT’ – 'The View' melts down over Biden book, hosts deflect by slamming Trump.
—FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 23 May 2025
The film provides no answers but plunges nightmarishly onward into the questions, changing form at will as though, here at the event horizon of global meltdown, all the regular rules and codes have started to warp and bend.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 15 May 2025
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Verb
And during the seventh inning of Sunday’s outing against the Dodgers, Romano melted down and exited to a thunderclap of boos from the Philadelphia crowd.
—Anthony Stitt, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Continue reading … ‘HAWKING IT’ – 'The View' melts down over Biden book, hosts deflect by slamming Trump.
—FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
Noun
To top it off, an air traffic control meltdown plagued Newark Liberty International Airport for weeks after staffing shortages and technology outages caused hours-long delays.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 23 May 2025
The film provides no answers but plunges nightmarishly onward into the questions, changing form at will as though, here at the event horizon of global meltdown, all the regular rules and codes have started to warp and bend.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melt down
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Once it’s done baking, slightly open your oven to release the steam and allow the cake to adjust to room temperature before setting in the fridge, ensuring your cheesecake doesn’t dry out or crack in the process.—
Sam Settleman,
New York Times,
1 June 2025
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The men beat 27-year-old Chin with a baseball bat, cracking his skull.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
31 May 2025
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The move sent stock markets in the U.S. and abroad into a tailspin, fueled recession fears and prompted some of Trump’s allies in the business community to speak out against the policy.—
Sara Dorn,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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Trump's policies have rocked the dollar and the treasury yield, as well as sending the markets into a tailspin.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
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Critics of renewables will rightly point out that renewables are cheap as long as battery storage is not included in their price, and the sudden collapse of an entire electric grid for 12 hours incurs a staggering economic burden that should be priced into cost calculations.—
Erik Kobayashi-Solomon,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Beutel, a computer engineer specializing in mountain monitoring, had just witnessed a glacier collapse.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
7 June 2025
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What follows is a melee of pratfalls and freak-outs, a guffaw-worthy display by such a fine group of actors.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
21 May 2025
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Expect multiple scenes of the characters engaging in psychedelic frolics and freak-outs, some of which illustrate their backstories through sweaty, surreal vignettes.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
19 May 2025
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Similarly, the market-resilience work performed by a lab at the University of California, Davis, offers solutions to farmers and agricultural communities that are vulnerable to intensifying weather disasters.—
Peter Slevin,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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Federal database that tracked costly weather disasters no longer being updated How to prepare for an earthquake disaster Huge earthquakes have long been an existential crisis for millions along the West Coast, as described in a 2022 USA TODAY article.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
8 June 2025
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One of my editors used to say that every good book has at least one nervous breakdown in its background.—
Thomas E. Ricks
June 6,
Literary Hub,
6 June 2025
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At 19, as his peers made plans for college, Diller had a nervous breakdown.—
Alexandra Jacobs,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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Who's in The Last of Us season 3 cast? Season 2 of The Last of Us was a bloodbath, with Ellie slaughtering several characters before seeing Jesse shot dead in the finale.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
4 June 2025
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Each issue centers around the bonds that women form with each other, and in this case, forged vis-à-vis a carnal and violent bloodbath.—
Tiffany Leigh,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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Many of these artisans — traditionally known for their boldness and innovation — are finding ways to maintain quality and brand integrity without asking loyal customers to choke on the price.—
Gretchen Eichenberg,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2025
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Chia seed water can be a choking hazard, so make sure the seeds are thoroughly soaked to prevent choking.—
Morgan Pearson,
Verywell Health,
26 May 2025
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“Melt down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melt%20down. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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