crash and burn

( vi.,n.)

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

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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {blow out}{die horribly}{fall over}{fireworks mode}]