panic room

noun

1. a secure room with a separate telephone line within a house, to which a person can flee if someone breaks in

Example Sentences

During the violence 22 staff in the hotel barricaded themselves into the hotel's panic room while more than 200 asylum seekers were trapped inside the building, despite automated fire alarms telling them to leave.

From BBC

Two law enforcement sources who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case with the media told The Times that Hunter made it to the second floor of the home, causing Bass to hide in a safe area designed to protect against intruders, akin to a panic room.

From Los Angeles Times

Investigators have not discussed a motive in the break-in, but two law enforcement sources not authorized to discuss the open case with the media said Hunter made it to the second floor of the home, causing Bass to hide in a safe area designed to protect against intruders, akin to a panic room.

From Los Angeles Times

Stewart, 33, has been in the public eye since she starred alongside Jodie Foster in the 2002 thriller “Panic Room.”

From Los Angeles Times

And one extraordinary sequence of hand-to-hand combat, Erik Messerschmidt’s camera painting in near-abstract darkness, is as sleek as anything in “Panic Room” or “Gone Girl.”

From Los Angeles Times