flame-out

American  

[fleym-out] / ˈfleɪmˌaʊt /

Or flameout

noun

Aeronautics.

1. the failure of a jet engine due to an interruption of the fuel supply or to faulty combustion.

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Etymology

Origin of flame-out

First recorded in 1945–50; noun use of verb phrase flame out

Example Sentences

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

The do-it-yourself strategy followed an earlier flame-out on the U.K. edition of “The X Factor.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 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