catastrophic failure

"You are going to see catastrophic failures in the next few months."

One described the potential for Iraq to become a "catastrophic failure."

A client I've seen only once before calls with catastrophic failure.

There's always a possibility that you can have a catastrophic failure.

The industry average for catastrophic failure among rockets is about 1 in 20.

At worst, it can lead to catastrophic failure and loss of life.

Yet more cuts - and catastrophic failures will become the order of the day.

A sudden and catastrophic failure was seen as the only explanation.

"While we have some issues here, this is not a horrific, catastrophic failure."

The odds of catastrophic failure are seen as 1 in 78 missions.

They said the nation had been fortunate not to have suffered a catastrophic failure.

The second occupational hazard of big science is catastrophic failure.

In the event of a catastrophic failure, an evacuation can be performed.

He said this led to a catastrophic failure of the vessel."

At one point, "too fine" a mixture caused a catastrophic failure.

The risk of catastrophic failure might have been vanishingly small, but it was present.

If the answer was incorrect, the mission would suffer a catastrophic failure.

Over time the blades broke apart, sometimes leading to catastrophic failure.

The ensuing catastrophic failure had been an embarrassment that took him years to get over.

When the spacecraft's systems were taken together, the overall risk of catastrophic failure for each flight was put at 1 in 78.

Catastrophic failure can occur from two separate mechanisms; energy and heat.

Care must be taken during this test as there is a great risk of catastrophic failure if incorrectly carried out.

Another catastrophic failure would almost certainly plunge the space program and the entire nation into a deep crisis of confidence.

Prosecution after the fact would be a catastrophic failure.

Most experts are increasingly confident that Europe is not likely to see catastrophic failures.