flame-out
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of flame-out
First recorded in 1945–50; noun use of verb phrase flame out
Example Sentences
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Years removed from his breakout, then flame-out, during his first tenure with the Dodgers, he could wind up in their winter plans again this offseason.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025
Not necessarily, says NFL Insider Ian Rapoport, who explains in our weekly text exchange that one team's flame-out could be another team's bargain.
From Golf Digest • Oct. 25, 2018
But the Brooklyn flame-out is especially instructive about the FBI-Justice method without the crutch of invoking the fast-moving terror exigencies or uncovering potential domestic cells.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2016
All that’s left at the end of this flame-out of a movie is a heap of smoldering ash.
From Washington Post • Oct. 22, 2015
A flame-out in jet engines is whenever combustion in the engine extinguishes.
From Scientific American • Jul. 31, 2015
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