"flame out" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: flames out [present, singular, third-person], flaming out [participle, present], flamed out [participle, past], flamed out [past]
Etymology: flame + out Etymology templates: {{m|en|flame}} flame, {{m|en|out}} out Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} flame out (third-person singular simple present flames out, present participle flaming out, simple past and past participle flamed out)
  1. (now rare) To become suddenly angry; to break out into indignation or similar emotion; to flare up. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Anger
    Sense id: en-flame_out-en-verb-TgOAhd7B Disambiguation of Anger: 77 6 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (out), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 7 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 9 44 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 45 12 43 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 46 8 46
  2. (of processes and equipment involving combustion) To fail due to extinction of flame. Translations (to fail due to extinction of flame): sammua (Finnish), гло́хнуть (glóxnutʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), загло́хнуть (zaglóxnutʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-flame_out-en-verb-L4xX8Lli Categories (other): English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 45 12 43 Disambiguation of 'to fail due to extinction of flame': 1 82 17
  3. (figuratively) To fail, usually spectacularly. Tags: figuratively Translations (to fail spectacularly): romuttua (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-flame_out-en-verb-DXBUCHOB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (out), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 7 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 9 44 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 45 12 43 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 46 8 46 Disambiguation of 'to fail spectacularly': 7 32 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: flame-out [noun], flameout [noun]

Inflected forms

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