burned-out
- s exhausted as a result of longtime stress
she was burned-out before she was 30 - s inoperative as a result of heat or friction
a burned-out picture tube - s destroyed or badly damaged by fire
- Restless teenagers mill around narrow streets lined with burned-out houses and dilapidated trailer parks.
- Another was the realization that ghetto blacks were the chief victims of ghetto violenceburned-out areas of Detroit and Newark are still in ruins today.
- In the shade, five soldiers Special Forces and border guards sit bored, smoking cigarettes near a burned-out campfire.