Icarus
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The son of Daedalus, who escaped from Crete using wings made by his father but was killed when he flew too near the sun and the wax attaching his wings melted.
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Greek Mythology. The son of [Daedalus] who, in escaping from [Crete] on artificial wings made for him by his father, flew so close to the sun that the wax with which his wings were fastened melted, and he fell into the [Aegean] Sea.
An asteroid with an eccentric orbit approaching within 30 million kilometers (19 million miles) of the sun. -
Verb. When a person does something with such [intensity] it results in [spectacular] [failure].
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[That one] really awesome guy from [that one] place where [stuff and things] happened
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