burn out

verb10

1. •
   To become extinguished due to lack of fuel.

   • The candle finally burned out.
2. •
   To tire due to overwork; to overwork to one's limit.

   • After six months of twelve-hour workdays, most people just burn out and quit.
3. •
   To cause (someone) to tire due to overwork; to cause (someone) to overwork to one's limit.
4. •
   To become nonfunctional (especially of lightbulbs or similar light-producing devices).
5. •
   To destroy by fire.
6. •
   To be destroyed by fire.

   • An abandoned tank was burning out at the edge of the battlefield.
7. •
   To have one's tires skid against the ground; to peel off, peel out.
8. •
   (slang) To end one's shift at a job.

   • I start my shift at three in the afternoon, and get to burn out at midnight.
9. •
   To use up too much energy when first bowled and to therefore not finish strongly.
10. •
    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.

    • The repairs on this nuclear reactor have burned out every welder in the province.