melt something down

His career was cut short during the dot.com melt down.

They'll have them melted down to give you a start.

But I haven't got a place to melt it down.

One model has a melt down, but can the others keep their cool?

It would take only a few days for them to be melted down by the sun.

All the rest were thought to have been melted down.

It was never found and is thought to have been melted down.

He nearly melted down on the field after his final miss.

I have no choice other than to melt them down.

I didn't want to have my control box melted down until absolutely necessary.