flame out

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flame out

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verb flames out · flaming out · flamed out

archaic To become suddenly angry; to break out into indignation or similar emotion; to flare up. [O]n being brought home, and giving us ground to suppose he was much worse hurt than he really was, and a fever ensuing, every one flamed out; and all was laid at my door.
of processes and equipment involving combustion To fail due to extinction of flame. If on flame out, steam pressure goes below 75# you must go back on gas to return [....] The grievant replied that If he did so, the boiler would flame out.
figuratively To fail, usually spectacularly.
intransitive To stop due to exhaustion.

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verb to fail due to extinction of flame

Русский	гло́хнуть glóxnutʹ, загло́хнуть zaglóxnutʹ

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@misc{flame_out_2026,
  title = {flame out},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/flame%20out},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}