Fans were disappointed by the team's flameout in the play-offs.
before her sudden, self-inflicted flameout, she was one of the state's brightest political stars
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1950
even at the reception, some were predicting that the marriage would flame out before the fancy china ever got used
1951
: a sudden stopping of a jet engine
: a very sudden and complete failure
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