Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Failure of a jet aircraft engine, especially in flight, caused by the extinction of the flame in the combustion chamber.
- n. One that fails suddenly, especially after having been successful.
Wiktionary
- n. The act of flaming out or burning out; extinguishing.
- n. The act of quitting or failing, especially due to overwork or in a dramatic manner.
- n. The sudden extinguishing of the flame of a burner (due to obstruction of fuel)
Examples
“And in that event, I believe it could have definitely been an engine failure, what we call flameout in aviation terms.”
“The problem fixing the Wall Street flameout is that we have 535 legislators who are interested ONLY in1.”
“The McPalin flameout isn’t primarily a strategic problem for the GOP; it’s an existential one.”
“The spokesman also said that federal investigators didn't uncover any basic flaw with the engine, but urged industry after the crash to look at modifications that could help pilots who fail to precisely follow engine restart procedures in case of a so-called flameout, or abrupt engine stoppage in midair.”
“The novel's black comedy is on display in the opening chapter, as its protagonist, a self described "flameout" in her "previously lucrative career as a professional doormat," discovers a dead body in her co-op's laundry room:”
“The odds of such "flameout" events when a plane's engines simultaneously shut down were once calculated at about one in a billion.”
“At the time, a GE spokesman said the high-altitude "flameout" created "a scenario that's new for everybody.”
The Wall Street Journal: Engine Problems Spur Safety Efforts
“When humans malfunction, we now use such machine-related terms as "flameout" and”
“Others may cite Perry's late entrance into the race, his recent back surgery, or the relative weakness of his Democratic opposition in Texas for his prairie flameout, but Rick Perry has no one to blame but himself.”
The Huffington Post: Jason Stanford: Rick Perry's Fatal Flaw
“On football: Blame for Panthers 'flameout will fall on Delhomme - USATODAY. com”
On football: Blame for Panthers' flameout will fall on Delhomme
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