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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. melt, break, or become otherwise unusable;
- Example: "The lightbulbs blew out"
- Example: "The fuse blew"
[syn: blow out, burn out, blow]

2. put out, as of fires, flames, or lights;
- Example: "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"
- Example: "quench the flames"
- Example: "snuff out the candles"
[syn: snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench]

3. erupt in an uncontrolled manner;
- Example: "The oil well blew out"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

blow out
    v 1: melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs
         blew out"; "The fuse blew" [syn: blow out, burn out,
         blow]
    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, blow out, extinguish, quench] [ant:
       ignite, light]
    3: erupt in an uncontrolled manner; "The oil well blew out"


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

blow out

    (Probably from mining and tunnelling jargon) Of
   software, to fail spectacularly; almost as serious as crash
   and burn.

   See blow past, blow up, die horribly.

   [Jargon File]

   (1994-11-29)



The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

blow out
 vi.

    [prob.: from mining and tunneling jargon] Of software, to fail
    spectacularly; almost as serious as crash and burn. See blow past, 
    blow up, die horribly.