Definition of "burn out" []

• To extinguish due to lack of fuel. (verb)
• To tire due to overwork. (verb)
• 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. (verb)

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• "If I could burn out Anton's talent, maybe I could burn out my own."
• "Ranchers help prime the sprawling pastures by torching them to burn out prairie brush, clearing the way for stands of big bluestem and other grasses that are cheap cattle feed."
• "The Coast Guard cutter that had been monitoring the disaster threatened to burn out its own engines as it put on speed for Kahului Harbor, the medics on board doing their best to subdue the pain and keep their patient alive."