How to pronounce “burnout”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (psychology) The experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest, especially in one's career.
• A person who has the experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest.
• (US, slang) Someone whose brains have figuratively been burned out by drugs.
• (aerospace) The shutoff of a rocket motor after exhausting its fuel or having been irreversibly throttled after the application of a planned delta-v.
• The failure of an electrical device, usually through overheating due to the application of excessive power.
• (automotive) Use of the throttle to spin the wheels of a vehicle being held stationary, causing the spinning tires to produce smoke and burn rubber.

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