melt down


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Synonyms for melt down

reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating

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The Inspirational Award was scooped by Bodringallt Youth Club for their interpretation of global warming, Melt Down Planet Earth.
Because if the euro crashes at least you could melt down the coins and bring the molten metals to the local pawnbrokers.
1979 There was a radiation leak alert at Three Mile Island nuclear station, near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, when the atomic core began to melt down.
Among them will be two new speciality beers from Rugby's own Atomic Brewery - Atomic Melt Down (4.2 per cent), which recently came second in the best bitter category at the Leicester Beer Festival, and Atomic Blackout.
Police told the confectioner to melt down all chocolate versions of the actor's manhood, after receiving numerous complaints from passers-by with children.
Solihull Council has organised the event and is showing Ice Age 2: The Melt Down, which is suitable for all the family.
By the way, that melted blob in the photo is a former "offshore" el-cheapo lithium that "went-off" in someone's light and decided to melt down. How about that one in your pocket?