flameout

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The act of flaming out or burning out; extinguishing
The sudden extinguishing of the flame of a burner (due to obstruction of fuel)
The act of quitting or failing, especially due to overwork or in a dramatic manner

The company was one of Silicon Valley's more famous dot-com flameouts.

{i} failure of a jet engine
The act of quitting or failing, especially due to overwork, espcially in a dramatic manner