flatline
/ˈflætlaɪn/
noun
- A flat line on a medical monitor indicating no heartbeat or brain activity; a state of death or cessation of function.
- In the movie, the character experiences a flatline and then is revived.
- The technician watched the monitor for any sign of a flatline.
- The doctor called the time of death after the flatline appeared on the screen.
verb
- To die or stop functioning; to show a flat line on a medical monitor indicating no heartbeat or brain activity.
- If the battery flatlines, the entire system will shut down.
- The project flatlined after the funding was cut.
- The patient's heart flatlined during the surgery, but the doctors revived him.
- To remain at a constant, low level with no growth or change.
- His career flatlined after he refused the promotion.
- After the initial spike, the number of users flatlined at around 500.
- The company's profits flatlined for three years in a row.
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