catastrophic failure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcatastrophicandfailure
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catastrophic
adjective
uk/ˌkæt.əˈstrɒf.ɪk/us/ˌkæt̬.əˈstrɑː.fɪk/
causing sudden and very great harm ...
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failure
noun
uk/ˈfeɪ.ljər/us/ˈfeɪ.ljɚ/
the fact of someone or something ...
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(Definition ofcatastrophicandfailurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We all understand why it was such acatastrophicfailure.
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The presence of impurities 0.1 mm can alone provide the initiation sites forcatastrophicfailureand spalling through avalanche electron ionization.
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How does he propose to deal with thatcatastrophicfailurein businesses?
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If there's acatastrophicfailurein the shoe industry, nobody suffers very much.
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Let us start by recognising the origins of thatcatastrophicfailure.
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These so-called fracture tough steels can sustain cracks up to 10 centimetres withoutcatastrophicfailure.
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It has been acatastrophicfailureand the railways are still in deep crisis.
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In other words, it has been acatastrophicfailurefor the industry and the country.
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It is a massive growth and acatastrophicfailureof transport and environment policy.
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It is clear that this break-in represents acatastrophicfailureof security.
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Having reports from customers oncatastrophicfailureduring rides.
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Cracks in the propellant could causecatastrophicfailureonce ignited.
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Eventually the structure becomes unstable andcatastrophicfailureoccurs.
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Ceramic pieces can break leading tocatastrophicfailure.
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However, we have to take other factors—thecatastrophicfailureof a tyre or an engine, for example—into account.
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An important factor in the whole problem of structural integrity is the critical crack length above whichcatastrophicfailureoccurs.
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There is a risk ofcatastrophicfailureand businesses going to the wall and individuals suffering personal ruin.
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That is thecatastrophicfailureof liberty ships sailing in cold waters in the early part of the last war.
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It suggests that, the aircraft having performed the required deceleration successfully, somecatastrophicfailureoccurred in the last 20 or more seconds of flight.
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If an incorrect valve is fitted at that point, it may function for a while before eventually having acatastrophicfailure.
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Yet it is a town which has seen thecatastrophicfailureof the major employer within the past two or three years.
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That was a painful decision for it, and those who took it had the courage to admit acatastrophicfailureof policy.
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Long-term benefits of this practice include reduced risk ofcatastrophicfailureand improved fish passage.
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At one point, too fine a mixture caused acatastrophicfailure.
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