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flame·out (flām′o̵ut′)

noun

  1. the stopping of combustion in a jet engine as a result of some abnormal flight condition
  2. a sudden and complete, usually conspicuous, failure

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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