burn out
(intransitive) To become nonfunctional (especially of lightbulbs or similar light-producing devices).
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The burn out is getting too real this week
I remember thinking back then "oh, they'll do really good airport screening and it'll burn out and we won't see a big problem,. like with OG SARS" and HOO DOGGIES was I WRONG. So I'm going into this EXPECTING we all die
Spot on. The decade compounds quietly while daily sprints burn out.
wanting to play more of the critically acclaimed mmo ffxiv, but also pacing myself so i don't burn out before Evercold 🥀
oh yeah, this just usually happens, I do art in bursts, burn out for a bit, then go back, I just got active on this account during a burst + I also went through posting like 2 years of backlog of content I already mad…
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(intransitive) To become nonfunctional (especially of lightbulbs or similar light-producing devices).
: Mr. Mason, shivering as some one chanced to open the door, asked for more coal to be put on the fire, which had burnt out its flame, though its mass of cinder still shone hot and red. The footman who brought the coal, in going out, sto…
“The burn out is getting too real this week”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I remember thinking back then "oh, they'll do really good airport screening and it'll burn out and we won't see a big problem,. like with OG SARS" and HOO DOGGIES was I WRONG. So I'm going into this EXPECTING we all die”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Spot on. The decade compounds quietly while daily sprints burn out.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“wanting to play more of the critically acclaimed mmo ffxiv, but also pacing myself so i don't burn out before Evercold 🥀”
— Bluesky· May 2026“oh yeah, this just usually happens, I do art in bursts, burn out for a bit, then go back, I just got active on this account during a burst + I also went through posting like 2 years of backlog of content I already made. I'll be fine, job is fairly nice paying too”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(transitive) To destroy by fire.
The candle finally burned out.
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(intransitive) To become extinguished due to lack of fuel.
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