blow out : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: blow out	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for blow out
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blow out v melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew" Synonym(s): blow out, burn out, blow put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles" Synonym(s): snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench Antonym(s): ignite, light erupt in an uncontrolled manner; "The oil well blew out"
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
blow out vi. [prob. from mining and tunneling jargon] Of software, to fail spectacularly; almost as serious as {crash and burn}. See {blow past}, {blow up}, {die horribly}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
blow out (Probably from mining and tunnelling jargon) Of {software}, to fail spectacularly; almost as serious as {crash and burn}. See {blow past}, {blow up}, {die horribly}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-29)