FLAME OUT Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈflām-ˌau̇t

Definition of flameout

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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flame out

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verb

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

Noun

Djokovic's 2017 was a tumultuous one, and his flameout at the Australian Open was the harbinger of a largely forgettable season. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 May 2026 After a playoff flameout, Minnesota could prove aggressive. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2026

Verb

But the biggest reason that Hyperliquid Strategies hasn’t flamed out like so many other DATs is because it is tied to a money printing machine. — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026 Punk notoriously flamed out of AEW after a biblical shoot promo at the 2022 AEW All Out Media Scrum. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for flameout

Recent Examples of Synonyms for flameout

Noun

Katalyst Space Technologies announced the demise of its three-armed spacecraft named Link.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
The Cat Man is back Reports of the demise of Tony Gonsolin were greatly exaggerated.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of demise

Verb

Asif said the alliance reflected a belief among its members that existing security arrangements had failed to protect Gulf countries as the conflict involving Iran spread across the region.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
The government, unable and unwilling to check their most voracious citizens and appetites, failed to tame the frontier.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of fail

Noun

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has been approved to move to a halfway house next year, ABC News reported, years after her stunning downfall that culminated in a conviction for defrauding investors while running her failed blood testing startup.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026
Failing to recognize that flaw has been the downfall of emperors and autocrats.

— Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of downfall

Verb

Four American tourists died on Friday after a building collapsed due to a gas explosion in Athens, Greece, in a neighborhood near the Acropolis.

— Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 27 Sep. 2026
The possibility -- even likelihood -- of some rickety old thing collapsing under me never occurred to me.

— Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of collapse

Noun

But officials cited Wallace for pass interference, giving the Broncos another set of downs.

— Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Previously winless, Washington couldn’t run the ball or convert third downs against Seattle yet knocked off the defending Super Bowl champion anyway, behind backup quarterback Marcus Mariota’s three touchdowns and three Seahawks turnovers.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of down

Verb

While the warehouse project has flopped, records show that in the last few months ICE has quietly expanded its detention system in other ways.

— Jasmine Garsd, NPR, 23 Sep. 2026
The tall foliage of bearded iris (Iris germanica) begins flopping early in the growing season.

— Marie Iannotti, The Spruce, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of flop

Noun

Shelford addressed the deckhand’s absence during the episode as his crew grappled with a series of setbacks.

— Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026
But during the shutdown, Brightline ended the deal with Branson’s Virgin Group, saying that the company’s reputation had diminished as a result of financial setbacks.

— David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of setback

Verb

Alvarez struck out with runners on the corners in his second at-bat, and struck out on three pitches in his third, this one against right-hander Gus Varland.

— Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 26 Sep. 2026
The quartet limited the Rockies to four hits while striking out 11.

— LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026

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