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Meaning: (transitive)Todestroyby fire.1941April, “The Why and the Wherefore: Hawes Junction Collision”, inRailway Magazine, page 191 (the collision occurred in 1910):All four engines and the entire train were derailed, and owing to the fact that all the vehicles except the sleeping cars were gas-lit, the whole of the coaching stock except the two rear brakes wasburned out, beginning with the two front coaches, which were completely wrecked.; (intransitive)To becomeextinguisheddue to lack offuel.Coordinate term:flame outThe candle finallyburned out.1847,Charlotte Brontë,Jane Eyre, Chapter XVIIIMr. Mason, shivering as some one chanced to open the door, asked for more coal to be put on the fire, which hadburnt outits flame, though its mass of cinder still shone hot and red. The footman who brought the coal, in going out, stopped near Mr. Eshton's chair, and said something to him in a low voice, of which I heard only the words, "old woman,"—"quite troublesome."; (intransitive)To become nonfunctional (especially of lightbulbs or similar light-producing devices).; (intransitive)Totiredue tooverwork; to overwork to their limit.After six months of twelve-hour workdays, most people justburn outand quit.; (transitive)To cause (someone) to tire due tooverwork; to cause (someone) to overwork to one's limit.; (intransitive,slang,uncommon)To end one'sshiftat ajob.I start my shift at three in the afternoon, and get toburn outat midnight.; (intransitive,automotive)To have one'stiresskidagainst the ground; topeel off,peel out.; (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 haveburned outevery welder in the province.; (intransitive,bowling,of a ball)To use up too much energy when first bowled and to therefore not finish strongly.Synonyms:burn up,roll out
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