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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>blow out</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="blow-away.html" title="blow away"/><link rel="next" href="blow-past.html" title="blow past"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">blow out</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="blow-away.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="blow-past.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="blow-out"/><dt xmlns="" id="blow-out"><b>blow out</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vi.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [prob.: from mining and tunneling jargon] Of software, to fail
spectacularly; almost as serious as <a href="../C/crash-and-burn.html"><i class="glossterm">crash and burn</i></a>.
See <a href="blow-past.html"><i class="glossterm">blow past</i></a>, <a href="blow-up.html"><i class="glossterm">blow up</i></a>,
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