vverb.changemelt, break, or become otherwise unusableSynset:blow burn out
Examples:- The lightbulbs blew out
- The fuse blew
Derivationally Related Form:blowout
Hypernyms:break break down conk out die fail give out give way go go bad
Inherited Hypernyms:blow outfailchange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.weatherput out, as of fires, flames, or lightsSynset:extinguish quench snuff out
Examples:- Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained
- quench the flames
- snuff out the candles
Antonyms:ignite
Derivationally Related Form:extinguisherextinctionquenchingextinguishing
Inherited Hypernyms:snuff out
Direct Hyponyms:black outdouseput outstub
Full Troponyms:black outdousestub
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.weathererupt in an uncontrolled mannerHypernyms:catch fire combust conflagrate erupt ignite take fire
Inherited Hypernyms:blow outeruptchange statechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s