flameout
noun
- 1
The act of flaming out or burning out; extinguishing.
- 2
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.”
- 3
The sudden extinguishing of the flame of a burner (due to obstruction of fuel)
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