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burnout

exhaustion / fuel depletion / electrical failure
Noun

This term describes a state of total depletion where the internal resources of a person or a machine are completely spent. In a psychological sense, it carries a heavy connotation of hopelessness and chronic fatigue, often resulting from an imbalance between high demands and low support in a professional environment. Technically, the word refers to the absolute end of a process, whether it is the physical destruction of a circuit through heat or the precise moment a rocket engine ceases to provide thrust because its propellant is gone.

Meanings

Noun

A state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress.

"After working eighty hours a week for a year, he suffered a complete burnout."

Noun

The complete combustion of fuel in an engine or rocket, or the point at which fuel is exhausted.

"The rocket reached its maximum altitude immediately after burnout."

Noun

The process of a component, such as a light bulb or fuse, becoming permanently damaged by overheating.

"The power surge caused a burnout in the circuit board."

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