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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After Mexico suffered a crushing 3-0 defeat to Sweden, their hopes of advancing hinged on South Korea’s team pulling off an unlikely victory over Germany.
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The celebratory parade comes on the heels of the Knicks defeat of the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals 4-1 over the weekend, securing the team's first NBA Championship title since 1973 and ending a 53-year drought.
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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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Each element to get to the parade was bubbling up with Knicks energy.
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Wednesday’s most concerning threat will roar to life in the afternoon, but some potent storms will bubble up in the morning too in parts of southern Minnesota and eastern Iowa.
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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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For some advocacy groups, this latest attempt came as a huge disappointment.
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And to keep fighting to fulfill the promise of this nation, even in the face of cruelty and bitter disappointment.
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“Fizzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fizzle. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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