crash program

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noun

a plan of action entailing rapid and intensive production, growth, or the like, undertaken to meet a deadline or solve a pressing problem: a crash program to develop a new fighter plane.

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Origin of crash program

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby crash program

crashing, crash-land, Crash of 1929, stock market, crash out, crash pad, crash program, crashproof, crash team, crash-test, crash the gate, crash truck

How to use crash program in a sentence

In the 1970s hundreds of millions of people will starve to death in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now.
Why I’m a proud solutionist|Jason Crawford|July 13, 2021|MIT Technology Review
She completed a yoga teacher-training program and, in the spring of 2008, went on a retreat in Peru to study with shamans.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The program has not made a final selection on which upgrades will actually be included in future versions of the F-35.
Pentagon Misfires in Stealth Jet Scandal|Dave Majumdar|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In fact, according to F-35 program sources, the next software upgrades are not yet fully defined nor are they fully funded.
Pentagon Misfires in Stealth Jet Scandal|Dave Majumdar|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Father Joel Román Salazar died in a car crash in 2013; his death was ruled an accident, but the suspicion of foul play persists.
Mexico’s Priests Are Marked for Murder|Jason McGahan|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
According to the USDA, student participation began to fall, with 1.4 million students opting out of the lunch program entirely.
The Republican War on Kale|Patricia Murphy|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Another crash, which nearly shut up his spine like a telescope, told him that there were no wings.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
Fortunately, the last crash had been passed without dislocating the parts of either sledge or rider.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
For in the whole program of peaceful socialism there is nothing wrong at all except one thing.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
Nor was ever a better presentation made of the essential program of socialism.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
The station building gave sickening creaks; then it toppled with a crash.
A Lost Hero|Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward and Herbert D. Ward