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crash and burn
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vi.,n. A spectacular crash, in the mode of the conclusion of the car-chase
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scene in the movie Bullitt and many subsequent imitators (compare die
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horribly ). The construction crash-and-burn machine is reported for a
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computer used exclusively for alpha or beta testing, or reproducing bugs
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(i.e., not for development). The implication is that it wouldn't be such a
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disaster if that machine crashed, since only the testers would be
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inconvenienced.
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