flame-out
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of flame-out
First recorded in 1945–50; noun use of verb phrase flame out
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But their journey South is just as much one of deliberate self-destruction, an epic flame-out that is clearly meant to climax once they arrive at their parents’ home — the prodigal child’s disastrous return.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 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
A flame-out in jet engines is whenever combustion in the engine extinguishes.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 31, 2015
But Monday, they joined each other in another flame-out that ended another season.
From Washington Post ● May 14, 2013
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