burn out
Speech parts
1. burn out - Noun
2. burn out - Verb
Meaning
melt, break, or become otherwise unusable
Source: WordNetAlternative names
burn-out
Synonyms
Show all synonymsAntonyms
Show all antonymsHypernyms
Examples
The lightbulbs blew out
The fuse blew
COUPLE OF THE WEEKEND: Aries and Gemini are a fire and air combo that can burn out quickly if they don’t have enough to do.
AND if you remove that blue cast and make the white neutral, the image will burn out.
Each side blamed the other for the destruction of the invaluable books it contained. citation After the failure to burn out the foreigners, the Chinese army adopted an anaconda-like strategy.
However, to ensure you don’t burn out from the intense variability that leading across time zones can bring, you must put in structures to avoid this,” he advised.