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blow out

(Probably from mining and tunnelling jargon) Of software, to fail spectacularly; almost as serious as crash and burn.

See blow past, blow up, die horribly.

[Jargon File]

(1994-11-29)

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
 

 

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Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

 

blow out

verb

1: melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew" [syn: burn out, blow]
2: put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles" [syn: snuff out, extinguish, quench] [ant: ignite]
3: erupt in an uncontrolled manner; "The oil well blew out"

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

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