Crash and Burn
Verb · Slang & Abbreviations
Definitions
To fail dramatically, often after a launch, demo, or ambitious technical effort goes badly wrong in a visible way. It implies not just failure but failure with impact and spectacle.
In plain English: To fail badly and visibly.
Example: "The deployment crashed and burned the moment real traffic hit it."
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