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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2
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
Joseph Patrick Kelly, The Conversation, 20 May 2025
But the drama, which starts off powerfully, fizzles in the second half.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Essence, 2 July 2025
Several storylines fizzle by the end — even the ticking clock proves to not be as big a deal as promised — or feel like wastes of the performers and characters.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2025
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Noun
As a result, when the signal finally came, the flaming mail coach proved a fizzle rather than a rocket.
—Joseph Patrick Kelly, The Conversation, 20 May 2025
But the drama, which starts off powerfully, fizzles in the second half.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Verb
And that kinda just fizzled into us talking about the conversation.
—Essence, 2 July 2025
Several storylines fizzle by the end — even the ticking clock proves to not be as big a deal as promised — or feel like wastes of the performers and characters.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fizzle
Noun
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The Arizona Democratic Party held its statutory meeting on Jan. 18, ousting their former leader, Yolanda Bejarano, and installing businessman Robert Branscomb as the new chair on the heels of the party's defeat in state elections.—
Ray Stern,
AZCentral.com,
30 July 2025
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The son of Polish Holocaust survivors—his mother watched her mother and brother die at the hands of the Nazis; his father hid for six hundred days in a hole in the ground—Keret writes with irony, woundedness, and, sometimes, an accent of defeat.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
Noun
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Phone systems are often down or busy after a disaster.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
28 July 2025
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The need for such programs often reflect the reality that most people displaced by war or disaster typically stay within their country’s region, with only a minority travelling further afield.—
Frey Lindsay,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
Verb
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At one point during the proceedings, Bryant threatened to clear the courtroom after one spectator hissed in disapproval and several others laughed at Hausmann’s assertion that the city had violated the company’s due process rights.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 July 2025
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Warning signs a skunk is ready to spray include jumping, stamping their front feet, arching their back, clicking teeth, and hissing.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
22 June 2025
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Metallica famously initiated the landmark lawsuit against peer-to-peer file sharing company Napster in 2000, which led to further suits that ultimately caused the company's initial collapse.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 July 2025
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The idea of cutting any deal with Maduro is political dynamite in Florida, where more than 350,000 Venezuelan Americans have made their homes and where emotions over Venezuela’s collapse on the hands of the Maduro regime run deep.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
13 July 2025
Noun
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But all of that absolves Luzardo from a basic failure.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
24 July 2025
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And in fact, failure in the relays has been an ongoing sore subject for Team USA.—
Cory Mull,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
Verb
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The real dilemma is presented by Acuna, Baty, Mauricio and Vientos, who symbolize the glut of infielders the Mets have at and bubbling just below the majors.—
Jerry Beach,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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Statham is pure intensity for most of the movie, his rage (or wrath?) barely bubbling under the surface.—
Elliott Smith,
EW.com,
26 July 2025
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The crash of the aircraft, priced at about $100 million, was the second this year.—
Anna Commander
Robert Birsel
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 July 2025
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Slaughter and the four people inside the Nissan were taken from the crash scene to Broward Health Medical Center.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
31 July 2025
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François Bayrou, France’s prime minister, expressed his disappointment for the trade agreement.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
28 July 2025
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The Brewers shipped him to the Chicago White Sox for big league flop Andrew Vaughn, the third-overall draft pick in 2019 who’d been an increasing disappointment through five seasons in Chicago.—
Chad Jennings,
New York Times,
25 July 2025
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“Fizzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fizzle. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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