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flameout

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of FLAMEOUT

a loss of status <before her sudden, self-inflicted flameout, she was one of the state's brightest political stars>

Synonyms decline, dégringolade, demise, descent, down, downfall, fall, flameout, Götterdämmerung

Related Words breakdown, burnout, collapse, crash, meltdown, ruin, undoing; defeat, disappointment, reversal, setback; bottom, nadir; abasement, disgrace, humiliation

Near Antonyms advance, headway, progress; flower, heyday, prime

Antonyms aggrandizement, ascent, exaltation, rise, up

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