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Definition of melt down phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

melt down

phrasal verb
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melt something down
  1. to heat a metal or wax object until it is liquid, especially so that the metal or wax can be used to make something else
    • Many of the bronze statues were melted down and used to make weapons.
    related noun meltdown
See melt down in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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