crash-test

British

verb

(tr) to test (a new product) for safety and reliability by finding out its breaking point under pressure, heat, etc

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It may seem ludicrous to risk a fast bowler with the injury history of a crash-test dummy when his first attempt at cricket in whites for 15 months resulted in a trip to hospital.

From BBC

“And tested the front wing. So crash-test done.”

From Seattle Times

Air bags, crash-test ratings and more robust structures packed on vehicular pounds, while better construction and stronger materials reduced engineers’ need to worry about weight.

From Seattle Times

“There have been a lot of changes. It is like comparing the crash-test ratings of a car from the 1960s with one from today.”

From Washington Post

Volkswagen has suffered a number of setbacks in the world's biggest auto market, from a sluggish reut.rs/3cm5L6A debut for its new electric vehicles to a slide in sales of its Passat sedan after a crash-test video went viral reut.rs/3kC4bCn in the country.

From Reuters

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