melt down
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melt down
verb melts down · melting down · melted down · molten down
- To melt fully, especially metal or glass so that it can be remade into something else. The Great Exhibition of 1851 is also very much in King's Cross's DNA. The clock in its short, Italianate central tower came from the Exhibition and in its early years it struck the hours, but the bells were first silenced in the First World War and then melted down during the Second World War.
- To lose structure by being heated to a molten state. The reactor core melted down.
- To have a breakdown; to collapse or fail utterly.
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verb (transitive) to melt fully
| Русский | расплавля́ть rasplavljátʹ, распла́вить rasplávitʹ, переплавля́ть pereplavljátʹ, перепла́вить pereplávitʹ |
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verb (intransitive) to lose structure by being heated to a molten state
| Русский | расплавля́ться rasplavljátʹsja, распла́виться rasplávitʹsja |
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Talk about this word "melt down." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/melt%20down. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. melt down. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/melt%20down "melt down." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/melt%20down.
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@misc{melt_down_2026,
title = {melt down},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/melt%20down},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
