melted down
Reduced by heat
Melted down describes something reduced to liquid form by heat, especially metal or other solids: The jewelry was melted down and recast as bullion.
Figuratively, it describes someone who has had an emotional collapse: She completely melted down after the news.
The phrase implies transformation or destruction—the original form no longer exists.
- dissolvedDispersed into solvent
- moltenLiquefied by extreme heat
- liquid metalMetallic substance in fluid state
- bankruptedMade financially insolvent
- liquefiedConverted to fluid state
fused · ingot · gold bars · scrap metal · distraught · lost it · nervous breakdown · emotional wreck · liquification · thawed · disintegrated · alloy · softened · fusion · reshaped · reformed · fluidized · foundry
melted downfrozen
Solidified by extreme cold
solidified · frozen solid · hardened · congealed · set
melted downsolidified
Made firm, not fluid
built up · hardened · formed · constructed · assembled
melted downheld it together
Remained functional under stress
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