melt down
Verb
Meaning
reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
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melt butter
melt down gold
The wax melted in the sun
I have done it with a extra heavy duty propane torch, the kind professional roofers use to install melt down roofing.
The real story is that those daises near Fukushima, but it's that their state has anything to do with the nuclear power plant melt down.
My kids aren’t old enough to grab snack for themselves yet but if I have them prepared ahead of time, it will save me from a potential melt down if I can just grab it for them.