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burned-out 
adj. of veterans, broken in health as a result of war service.
See also: burnt-out pension
- 1946 It was a good number of years before authority officially admitted the situation and made provision for "burned out" veterans. The phrase was graphic and the condition behind it real enough: during the late '20's and early '30's the deaths of ex-service men in their forties were reported with inescapable frequency.
- 1946 It was a good number of years before authority officially admitted the situation and made provision for "burned out" veterans. The phrase was graphic and the condition behind it real enough: during the late '20's and early '30's the deaths of ex-service men in their forties were reported with inescapable frequency.