flame-out

or flame·out

[ fleym-out ]

nounAeronautics.

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

Origin of flame-out

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

Also called blowout.

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How to use flame-out in a sentence

But, she added, the high-profile flameout of candidates like Greuel and Quinn has a reverberating effect.
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Sheen plays a variation on himself: a womanizer named Charlie who derailed his career with a public flameout.
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But his spectacular flameout makes excellent material for his new focused memoir.
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So will Tuesday mark an Iowa miracle for the congresswoman or will it be the epitome of a major campaign flameout?
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In most cases, these grotesque confessions are good for the press and consumer public, not Johnny Flameout.
Cavalcade of Bad Boy Flameouts | Eric Dezenhall | March 4, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for flameout

flameout

/ (ˈfleɪmˌaʊt) /

noun

the failure of an aircraft jet engine in flight due to extinction of the flame
a complete failure

verbflame out (adverb)

(of a jet engine) to fail in flight or to cause (a jet engine) to fail in flight

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