blow out

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verb

1. melt, break, or become otherwise unusable (Freq. 2)
- The lightbulbs blew out
- The fuse blew
• Syn:
burn out, blow
• Derivationally related forms:
blowout
• Hypernyms:
fail, go bad, give way, die, give out,
conk out, go, break, break down
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
2. put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
- Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained
- quench the flames
- snuff out the candles
• Syn:
snuff out, extinguish, quench
• Ant:
ignite (for: extinguish)
• Derivationally related forms:
quenching (for: quench), extinction (for: extinguish), extinguisher (for: extinguish), extinguishing (for: extinguish)
• Hyponyms:
stub, douse, put out, black out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. erupt in an uncontrolled manner
- The oil well blew out
• Hypernyms:
erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s