BURN OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does burn out mean? 

• BURN OUT (verb)
  The verb BURN OUT has 1 sense:

1. melt, break, or become otherwise unusable

  Familiarity information: BURN OUT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BURN OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Melt, break, or become otherwise unusable

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

blow; blow out; burn out

Context example:

The fuse blew

Hypernyms (to "burn out" is one way to...):

break; break down; conk out; die; fail; give out; give way; go; go bad (stop operating or functioning)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

 Context examples 

Our sun will eventually burn out and shroud itself with stellar debris, but not for another 5 billion years.

(Hubble Views a Colorful Demise of a Sun-like Star, NASA)

Australian authorities urged people to remain alert on Monday as wildfires that have destroyed dozens of homes, killed cattle and forced hundreds of residents to flee continued to burn out of control in the southeast of the country.

(Australian Wildfires Destroy Homes, Kill Cattle as Hundreds of People Flee, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)