burnout
/ˈbɜrnˌaʊt/
noun
- Physical or mental exhaustion caused by overwork or stress.
- Many teachers leave the profession due to burnout.
- Taking a vacation can help prevent burnout at work.
- After months of long hours, she experienced severe burnout.
- The point at which a machine or engine stops working because it has overheated or used up fuel.
- The rocket reached burnout and then fell back to Earth.
- The mechanic warned that the motor was close to burnout.
- The engine suffered a burnout after hours of hard driving.
- A destructive fire that completely destroys a building or vehicle.
- The old warehouse was a total burnout after the fire.
- Firefighters investigated the cause of the car burnout.
- The burnout left nothing but a pile of ash and metal.
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