as in demise
a loss of status
before her sudden, self-inflicted flameout, she was one of the state's brightest political stars
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as in to fail
to be unsuccessful
even at the reception, some were predicting that the marriage would flame out before the fancy china ever got used
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Recent Examples of flameout
Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
Those two flameout franchises both focused on Doom’s rivalry with his heroic ex-friend Reed Richards while mostly ignoring the gaudier aspects of his mythology (like his private kingdom, his witch mother, and his fleet of body-double robots).
—Darren Franich, Vulture, 31 July 2024
Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
Wilson’s Pryce Cahill, nicknamed Stick, is a former pro golfer who flamed out in spectacular fashion about 20 years before the events of the show.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 4 June 2025
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Noun
His playoff flameout against the Warriors might have sent a clear signal to the Rockets about the viability of building around him as a long-term fixture.
—Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
Those two flameout franchises both focused on Doom’s rivalry with his heroic ex-friend Reed Richards while mostly ignoring the gaudier aspects of his mythology (like his private kingdom, his witch mother, and his fleet of body-double robots).
—Darren Franich, Vulture, 31 July 2024
Verb
After flaming out with the Boston Red Sox, Luis Garcia will look to get his career back on track with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
Wilson’s Pryce Cahill, nicknamed Stick, is a former pro golfer who flamed out in spectacular fashion about 20 years before the events of the show.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flameout
Noun
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And the company’s legal battle with Albertsons over the demise of the merger deal is ongoing.—
Melissa Repko,
CNBC,
20 June 2025
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The visual of Ship 36 going up in flames harkens back to those previous explosions, along with the fiery demise of a Falcon 9 rocket on its launch pad in 2016 under circumstances similar to Wednesday night's incident.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
19 June 2025
Verb
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Phoenix was unable to propel itself back to the NBA Finals, losing in the Western Conference semifinals during the 2022-23 season, being ousted in the first round in the 2023-24 season and failing to even make the postseason this year.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2025
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Why did selling fail as a strategy every time but once?—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
23 June 2025
Noun
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While there’s no telling what the next two films might have in store for her character, knowing the traditionalism of ritualism of the village, there is perhaps some allusion to Arthur’s sister Morgana, who became his downfall.—
Richard Newby,
HollywoodReporter,
23 June 2025
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But Dehghani speculated that such a move would probably expand the war and end in Khamenei’s downfall, as a rival faction would then be motivated to seize the reins and seek peace with the United States.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
22 June 2025
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When stress hit, the house of cards collapsed, and failures cascaded like dominoes, wiping out billions in customer funds.—
Roomy Khan,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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That’s how a building managed to go without a critical earthquake retrofit for more than a century before its brick walls collapsed in 2003.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement But like all great friendships, the Trump-Netanyahu bromance has had its ups and downs.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
26 June 2025
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However, there were some major ups and downs, with Kuminga seeing a lot of bench time late in the year and even at times in the playoffs.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
Verb
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Meta’s first glasses, the Ray-Ban Stories, flopped in 2021.—
Ani Freedman,
Fortune,
20 June 2025
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The 2023 2-Year-Old Champion stormed into 2024 with a huge Florida Derby (G1) win before flopping badly in the Kentucky Derby.—
Jared Welch,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
Noun
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Senate Republicans hit a major setback in their race to pass a massive tax and spending package on Thursday, as a chamber official ruled against a key provision to get the conference on board to vote for the plan by week's end.—
Claudia Grisales,
NPR,
26 June 2025
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The ruling is a major setback for Republican leadership, who are under pressure to expeditiously move it to the Senate floor to meet Trump's Fourth of July deadline for passage.—
Allison Pecorin,
ABC News,
26 June 2025
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However, three Orioles did strike out after the Yankees’ closest creature to a lion made his way to his version of Pride Rock to the tune of the iconic Disney intro.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
23 June 2025
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Nationals starting pitcher Jake Irvin, however, struck out Freddie Freeman to end the threat.—
Benjamin Royer,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2025
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“Flameout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flameout. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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