Noun
(engineering, euphemistic) Synonym of rapid unplanned disassembly: An unexpected explosion or breakup.
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Private spaceflight company SpaceX has released new pictures of its Falcon 9 rocket attempting to land on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean before undergoing what its chief executive, Elon Musk, euphemistically referred to as "RUD" – that’s "Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly". In other words, it blew up.
“Fuel header tank pressure was low during landing burn, causing touchdown velocity to be high & RUD, but we got all the data we needed!” he said in a tweet.
Verb
To produce a RUD.
Usage- euphemistic