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BURN OUT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Melt, break, or become otherwise unusable

Example:

The fuse blew

Synonyms:

blow; blow out; burn out

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "burn out" is one way to...):

break; break down; conk out; die; fail; give out; give way; go; go bad (stop operating or functioning)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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