• Flame-out

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    flame-out

    (plural flame-outs)
    1. The act of flaming out or burning out; extinguishing.
    2. The act of quitting or failing, especially due to overwork, or in a dramatic manner.The company was one of Silicon Valley's more famous dot-com flame-outs.

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