catastrophic failure

Sprache: de

📖 Definitionen

Katastrophales Versagen; katastrophales Scheitern

EN: A sudden, complete, and often irreversible breakdown or collapse of a system, machine, or structure that results in total loss of function or physical destruction.; A complete and disastrous failure of a plan, project, or endeavor that leads to ruinous, devastating, or extremely negative consequences.

💬 Beispiele

The sudden engine explosion was a catastrophic failure of the cooling system.

Die plötzliche Explosion des Motors war ein katastrophales Versagen des Kühlsystems.
The economic policy turned out to be a catastrophic failure for the nation.

Die Wirtschaftspolitik erwies sich als katastrophales Scheitern für das Land.