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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

Then he went back, eased off the emergency brake, grabbed a good handhold and strained forward.

Fortunately, they carried an emergency brake, so that the steepness of the declivity did not alarm them.

At the same instant his hand sought the emergency brake lever and he pushed it forward.

He saw the danger, and with his hand upon the emergency-brake he threw his weight upon the wheel.

Then the engineer threw on the emergency brake, and the front end of the baggage car crumpled up.

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