Flameout

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounThe act of flaming out or burning out; extinguishing.

2.nounThe act of quitting or failing, especially due to overwork or in a dramatic manner.

"The company was one of Silicon Valley's more famous dot-com flameouts."

3.nounThe sudden extinguishing of the flame of a burner (due to obstruction of fuel)

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