| VERB | change | blow out, burn out, blow | melt, break, or become otherwise unusable |
|---|---|---|---|
| weather | blow out, snuff out, extinguish, quench | put out, as of fires, flames, or lights | |
| weather | blow out | erupt in an uncontrolled manner |
| Meaning | melt, break, or become otherwise unusable. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonyms | burn out, blow | |
| Broader | fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down | stop operating or functioning |
| Catalan | apagar | |
| Nouns | blowout | a sudden malfunction of a part or apparatus |
| Meaning | Put out, as of fires, flames, or lights. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | snuff out, extinguish, quench | |
| Narrower | black out | obliterate or extinguish |
| douse, put out | Put out, as of a candle or a light | |
| stub | Extinguish by crushing | |
| Opposite | ignite, light | Cause to start burning |
| Spanish | apagarse, apagar, extinguirse, extinguir, irse | |
| Catalan | anar-se, apagar-se, apagar, extingir-se, extingir | |
| Meaning | erupt in an uncontrolled manner. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Broader | erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate | start to burn or burst into flames |
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