FLAMES OUT Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

flames out

verb

present tense third-person singular of flame out

as in fails

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 flames out And maybe Kiffin wins huge at LSU while Sumrall flames out in three years. —

Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2026 Beijing is working to engineer China’s technological and industrial dominance, backing Russia in a destabilizing war in Europe, and generally setting the stage to achieve global supremacy when the United States flames out. —

Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026 Firefighters instead used heavy equipment to cover it with dirt to put the flames out. —

Brandon Downs, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026 Our dream of going back to the moon and onto Mars and more distant worlds—not least to ensure our species’ survival before the sun flames out and engulfs most of the solar system—can be seen as just one more step in evolution’s long march. —

Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 Oct. 2025

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Over time, blood vessels begin leaking, leading to bleeding, blood pressure can drop, blood fails to reach different parts of the body and the kidneys can fail.

— Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Why polarization holds where charge fails Ferroelectricity refers to the ability of certain materials to maintain a permanent, spontaneous electric polarization.

— Deena Theresa, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026