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View synonyms for emergency brake

emergency brake

noun

  1. Also called parking brake. a special brake used to prevent a motor vehicle from rolling after it has stopped or been parked. Compare brake 1( def 1 ).
  2. any brake meant to stop a vehicle in an emergency.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of emergency brake1

First recorded in 1895–1900
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Example Sentences

Scottish Finance Secretary Shona Robison ordered the emergency brake on spending in a letter to cabinet colleagues earlier this week.

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His firm makes magnets that are used in all kinds of systems - from cochlear implants, to emergency brakes on rollercoasters, including at Alton Towers.

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“And things continued to kind of tick off the list. And then I kind of hit the emergency brake.”

When he was 18m from the crossing, the driver applied the emergency brake, which caused a warning horn to sound.

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The court heard the train's emergency brakes had to be applied.

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