FLAMED OUT Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

flamed out

verb

past tense of flame out

as in collapsed

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 flamed out Shareholders are upset with massive losses and strategic bets that dramatically flamed out. — Andrew Staples, Fortune, 3 July 2026 While many of those early Internet high-flyers flamed out, the ones that survived — think Amazon and Google — eventually became profitable businesses or even household names. — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 25 June 2026 Construction of the railroad flamed out and stopped in Utah — not California. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 June 2026 And then a surprising proportion of the early front-runners or near-front-runners in the primary—Katie Porter, Eric Swalwell—flamed out of favor for reasons of their own authorship. — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 2 June 2026 The Knicks turned to experienced Mike Brown, which came off like Plan B at best, but while Brown has done a masterful job in coaching to his personnel’s strengths and leading the franchise over the playoff hump that tripped up Thibs, the Mavericks flamed out and fired Kidd last week. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 26 May 2026 Claypool flamed out in Chicago after catching just 18 passes for 191 yards and a touchdown over 10 games. — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 1 May 2026 Or the 2019 Lightning and 2023 Bruins, which both flamed out in all-time first-round upsets. — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026 By the time the gold rush flamed out, more than $50 million had been mined—enough to justify the purchase many times over and silence Seward’s critics. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026

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Emergency authorities said 190 buildings collapsed completely and another 856 sustained significant damage.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
Once known best for her #MomTok dances, the 33-year-old Brigham Young University fine arts graduate and mother of three in 2025 successfully collapsed the boundary between creator culture and traditional entertainment.

— Emma Barker Bonomo, Time, 14 July 2026

Definition of collapsed

Verb

This was the case for Morocco’s opener, where Casemiro had eyes on two players at once while his team-mates failed to cut out the pass ahead of him.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 6 July 2026
The stutter-step approach by Bruno Guimãraes on the penalty kick failed anyway and the game remained scoreless into the first hydration break.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 5 July 2026

Definition of failed

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The day could be sliced into identical pieces, the body trained to answer the bell, and the worker folded into a machine that only made sense when every human motion had been made useful to someone else.

— Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Fire shelters weigh around 6 pounds and are folded up inside several protective layers in a firefighter’s pack.

— Jack Dura, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

Definition of folded

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Scheffler, who hadn't missed a cut since 2022, shot a 2-over 72 in the second round, finishing two shots outside the cut line.

— Jeff Goudy, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
But please remember that in 2019, Judge missed 60 games and Giancarlo Stanton only played 18 the whole year — and the Yankees still won 103 games.

— Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026

Definition of missed

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Cameron, whose season record now stands at 5-7, got 18 swings-and-misses and struck out batters using four different pitches on Saturday, according to Statcast.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 12 July 2026
But that was all the Dodgers (61-34) would score against Rodriguez, who gave up seven hits and struck out five over six innings to improve to 8-3.

— Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026

Definition of struck out

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Turkey struggled against the USMNT’s corners throughout the game, with multiple chances created from outswinging corners towards the penalty spot.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 14 July 2026
The visit comes as Garrity trails Shapiro by roughly 20 points, raising questions about how much political influence DeSantis carries in a battleground state where his 2024 presidential campaign struggled to break through.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 14 July 2026

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