flameout
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flameout noun
- The act of flaming out or burning out; extinguishing.
- The 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.”
- The sudden extinguishing of the flame of a burner (due to obstruction of fuel)
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extinguishingburnoffoutflighteffluxfall outfoul outblowoffburnoutfalling-outflowoffmoveoutextinctionexfilshutofffade-outblow-off
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