1
as in defeat
a falling short of one's goals
the home team's unexpected fizzle in that last game cost them the championship
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as in disaster
something that has failed
the play was a fizzle, opening and closing the same night
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Recent Examples of fizzle
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
1 May 2026
The Dreadful is the sort of film that prides itself on being a slow burn but ultimately more resembles a fizzle.
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Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Feb. 2026
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
10 June 2026
While behind-the-scene romances fizzling out could cause tension on set, Lando and Seymour revealed that things worked out just fine.
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Sharareh Drury,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 June 2026
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Noun
His fizzle-out of a finish helped guarantee their fate.
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Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
1 May 2026
The Dreadful is the sort of film that prides itself on being a slow burn but ultimately more resembles a fizzle.
—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Feb. 2026
Verb
It’s expected that an old galaxy will fizzle out over billions of years, but astronomers’ expectations were turned upside down when the James Webb came online in 2022 and observed a whole graveyard of moribund galaxies when the universe was still in its infancy.
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Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
10 June 2026
While behind-the-scene romances fizzling out could cause tension on set, Lando and Seymour revealed that things worked out just fine.
—
Sharareh Drury,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fizzle
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A little more than an hour before his post-match press conference in the bowels of SoFi Stadium, Pochettino watched his USA team give up a last-second goal to Turkey that ensured a 3-2 defeat in this final match of the group stage.
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News of Custer's defeat stunned Americans, who were celebrating their country's centennial.
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Aemond is a murderer, Aegon is a rapist; if either of them ends up on the Iron Throne for good, that would be a disaster.
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On the dusty backroads of Radiator Springs, where Lightning McQueen and his pals live, a shower of meteors threatened to bring destruction upon the quarter-size cars in a scene that disaster movie king Roland Emmerich would endorse.
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Louis let out a hissing breath.
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However, some observers have reported hearing faint crackling or hissing noises during intense displays.
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Such lifting of sanctions all but guarantees that the Iranian regime will be bolstered mere months after protests brought it to the brink of collapse.
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Firefighters confirmed that the building sustained severe structural damage but ruled out the possibility of a complete collapse.
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Taking the midway point of those numbers, an opening weekend of $45 million would be a monumental failure.
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Then came this spring’s historic and devastating floods across northern Michigan — in some areas, for the first time anyone can remember — swamping homes, pushing dams to the brink of failure and washing out roadways.
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The bubbling reaction is the result of a chemical reaction that occurs when hydrogen peroxide comes in contact with enzymes in the mold.
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So, which one bubbles to the top of the list?
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Police said the investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding the crash is ongoing.
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Police say no pedestrians were hurt in the crash.
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Buffalo State Pizza Company owner Philippe Lechevin expressed slight disappointment in the business his pizzeria and bar’s Crossroads location has seen in the two weeks since the World Cup began.
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Reaction among Lions fans in Detroit has ranged from shock to disappointment.
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“Fizzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fizzle. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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