Burn-out Definition

verb

To extinguish due to lack of fuel.

The candle finally burned out.
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(idiomatic) To tire due to overwork.

After six months of twelve-hour workdays, most people just burn out and quit.
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(idiomatic) To make (someone) unavailable for work involving exposure to ionizing radiation by employing (the person) in such work until the person's accumulated exposure reaches the maximum permitted for an administrative period, typically a year.
The repairs on this nuclear reactor have burned out every welder in the province.
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Burn-out Sentence Examples

  • Over time, this light bulb can burn out and will need replaced.

  • If he kept this up, he'd burn out and then he'd really be ready to leave.

  • Is it lack of quality in English football or chronic burn out?

  • The advanced materials also result in a higher than average burn out rate.

  • It can couple enough electrical energy to cause upset and burn out in electronic circuits on a wide scale.

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