burn out

Synonyymisanakirja

burn out

pettää, hajota, joutua epäkuntoon, lakkoilla, rikkoutua, hyytyä, mennä rikki, pysähtyä, palaa loppuun, puhjeta, sammua, palaa, särkyä.

Sitaatit

• "Parempi palaa loppuun kuin haalistua olemattomiin." (''"It is better to burn out than to fade away."'')
• Johnson, these terrorists are about to burn the US flag. Kill them, but make sure the flag doesn't get hurt or dirty. (''Suom: Johnson, nämä terroristit aikovat polttaa Yhdysvaltojen lipun. Tapa heidät, mutta pidä huoli, ettei lippu vahingoitu tai likaannu.'')
• Johnson, the terrorists are hiding somewhere in Amsterdam. Destroy the city, and then burn some. (''Suom: Johnson, terroristit piileskelevät jossain päin Amsterdamia. Tuhoa kaupunki ja sitten polta jotakin.'')
• ...and Johnson, burn the brothel. We must not let the disease spread. Repeat: must not let the disease... (Repomies vie koneen) (''...ja Johnson, polta ilotalo. Emme voi sallia taudin levitä, toistan, emme voi sallia taudin...'')

Rimmaavat sanat

burn out rimmaa näiden kanssa:

out, knock-out, ragoût, burnout, passepartout, stout, layout...

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Englannin sanakirja

burn out (englanti > suomi)

1. palaa loppuun

burn out englanniksi

1. To extinguish due to lack of fuel.

The candle finally burned out.

2. 1847, (w), (w), Chapter XVIII

Mr. Mason, shivering as some one chanced to open the door, asked for more coal to be put on the fire, which had burnt out its flame, though its mass of cinder still shone hot and red. The footman who brought the coal, in going out, stopped near Mr. Eshton's chair, and said something to him in a low voice, of which I heard only the words, "old woman,"—"quite troublesome."

3. puhekieltä To tire due to overwork.

After six months of twelve-hour workdays, most people just burn out and quit.

4. puhekieltä To make (someone) unavailable for work involving exposure to ionizing radiation by employing (the person) in such work until the person's accumulated exposure reaches the maximum permitted for an administrative period, typically a year.

The repairs on this nuclear reactor have burned out every welder in the province.

5. puhekieltä (of a person) The condition of tiredness due to overwork.

6. 2002, Chuck Purdy, https://books.google.com/books?id=e3YrAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA168&dq=%22his+burn+out%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiIj7GC-MXMAhVL0GMKHebDCcsQ6AEIIjABv=onepage&q=%22his%20burn%20out%22&f=false The Street Saint: Emergency in the Emergency Services

His burn out hadn't been caused by too many dead bodies; it was from spending his life doing for people what most of them had refused to do for themselves.

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