blow out

Questions about blow out

What does blow out mean?

blow out means "melt, break, or become otherwise unusable". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for blow out?

Close synonyms include burn out, blow, snuff out, extinguish, quench. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blow out a common word?

blow out is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.