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1.NounThe experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest, especially in one's career.
2.NounA person who has the experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest."Ten years of this soul-sucking job would turn any ambitious young person into a burnout."
3.NounA feeling of being overwhelmed and exhausted from stress and overwork, rendering one cynical, uncaring or depression.
4.NounSomeone whose brains have figuratively been burned out by drugs."There’s no way we can hire that guy. He’s a total burnout—he can't do the work."
5.NounThe shutoff of a rocket motor after exhausting its fuel or having been irreversibly throttled after the application of a planned delta-v.
6.NounThe failure of an electrical device, usually through overheating due to the application of excessive power.
7.NounUse of the throttle to spin the wheels of a vehicle being held stationary, causing the spinning tires to produce smoke and burn rubber.