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FLAME-OUT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A complete or conspicuous failure
Example:
the spectacular flame-out of the company's stock cost many people their life savings
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("flame-out" is a kind of...):
failure (an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The failure of a jet engine caused by an interruption of the fuel supply or by faulty combustion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("flame-out" is a kind of...):
power failure; power outage (equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails)
Domain category:
jet engine (a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion)
