blow out
• be extinguished by an air current.
• "the candles blew out"
Similar:
be extinguished,
go out,
be put out,
be doused,
be quenched,
stop burning,
fade,
die out,
extinguish,
put out,
snuff,
douse,
quench,
smother,
stifle,
dampen down,
choke,
• puff out one's cheeks.
• "he blew out his cheeks and sat down heavily on the couch"
• (of a tyre) puncture while the vehicle is in motion.
• "the car went into a skid when the front nearside tyre blew out"
Similar:
burst,
explode,
blow,
split,
rupture,
crack,
break,
fly open,
puncture,
get a puncture,
get a flat tyre,
• (of a storm) finally lose its force.
• "the storm eventually blew itself out and by Sunday morning it was sunny"
• defeat someone convincingly.
• "they were blown out by Florida 58–3 at home"
• badly injure a part of the body, typically a joint.
• "he blew out his knee playing basketball"
• (of an oil or gas well) emit gas suddenly and forcefully.
blowout
noun
• an occasion when a tyre on a vehicle bursts or an electric fuse melts.
• a large or lavish meal or social gathering.
• "it is difficult to imagine the slim person going for a real blowout"
Similar:
party,
feast,
banquet,
celebration,
binge,
shindig,
shindy,
do,
beanfeast,
beano,
bunfight,
thrash,
nosh-up,
scoff,
slap-up meal,
tuck-in,
• an event at which goods are sold at heavily discounted prices.
• "the purpose of the blowout is to motivate new customers to visit"
• an easy victory in a sporting contest or election.
• "the game had been a blowout"
• an act or instance of blow-drying hair.
• "you can't do a blowout with super wet hair"
• a hollow eroded by the wind.
