flameout

noun

  1. 1

    The act of flaming out or burning out; extinguishing.

  2. 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. 3

    The sudden extinguishing of the flame of a burner (due to obstruction of fuel)

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