Thesaurus results for MELTS DOWN

melts down

verb

present tense third-person singular of melt down

as in cracks

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 melts down Parents won't spend the day pushing strollers across sprawling pathways trying to cover ground before someone melts down. — Jacqueline Dole, Southern Living, 30 June 2026 The wedding — and especially Cassie and Nate’s dance, as Cassie melts down on the day she’s spent her life dreaming of, having learned about the deep financial hole Nate is in — must have felt especially layered. — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 10 June 2026 The snowpack acts as a natural water storage system for California, and ideally when the region’s climate shifts from cold to warm and dry, the snow gradually melts down from rivers and creeks to fill reservoirs over a period of months. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026

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And Guy Pearce cracks it as the Aussie who beat the Brits at their own game of publishing.

— Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026
When Pennywise cracks a joke, the contrast of his antics with the scary stuff can be more impactful, have more personality, than just scare after scare.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026

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Both successful and unsuccessful attempts are included, allowing researchers to examine not only what a robot can accomplish but also where and why its performance breaks down.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
But history shows that tech dominance is fragile when user trust breaks down.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026

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