if a fire burns out, or if it burns itself out, it stops burning
if a piece of electrical equipment burns out, or if it is burned out, it gets too hot and stops working
if a strong feeling burns out, or if it burns itself out, you stop feeling it
if you burn out, or if you burn yourself out, you make yourself ill or unable to continue working because you have worked too hard
to burn someone’s home so that they have to leave it
to completely destroy the inside of something such as a vehicle or building
"The power of the vision is simply too great: it can burn out an unprepared mind in a moment.
'But you must work with Chi-Chi on K. I mean...' People burn out all the time working on K. I've seen it happen.
His rage had been intense, but it had burned itself out.
I stopped to rest so many times on the stairs that I thought my candle would burn out and leave me in darkness.
Soon all the stars would burn out and die, and each man and woman across the galaxy would be burnt and broken and dead.
an empty house that had been burned out by kids
burns out
burning out
burned out
burnt out
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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