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Fail at a barbecue?
Answer for the clue "Fail at a barbecue? ", 8 letters:
flameout
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
In aviation a flameout refers to the run-down of a jet engine caused by the extinction of the flame in the combustion chamber . It can be caused by a number of factors, including fuel starvation, compressor stall , insufficient oxygen (at high altitudes), ...
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. 1 The act of flaming out or burn out; extinguishing. 2 The act of quitting or failing, especially due to overwork or in a dramatic manner. 3 The sudden extinguishing of the flame of a burner (due to obstruction of fuel) n. 1 The act of flaming out ...
Usage examples of flameout.
After wandering around for thousands or millions of years, some hit Earth, survive the atmospheric flameout, and strike ground.
The rubbery smell of Akron, sister city of Lahore, Pakistan, lay like the flameout of all our hopes over the plateau that evening.
From time to time he could hear the cabbie monitoring NYPD net for flameouts or wildcat tolls set up by street gangs.
And Tarot—who had started out life as James Carrow and was still known as Jim when not wearing his flameout stage makeup—wasn't about to lend his custom Eldorado to anybody, no matter how few cases of beer were left.
And Tarotwho had started out life as James Carrow and was still known as Jim when not wearing his flameout stage makeupwasn't about to lend his custom Eldorado to anybody, no matter how few cases of beer were left.