brake
noun
a device for slowing or stopping a vehicle or other moving mechanism by the absorption or transfer of the energy of momentum, usually by means of friction.
brakeless
-
a word derived from
brake.
Example Sentences
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Another system that had sprung up in Texas was barreling toward the Midwest like a brakeless freight train.
From MSNBC ● Nov. 18, 2014
When all the stripping, chroming, raking, molding, metal flaking and polishing are done, a chopper, righteously gleaming from fishtail exhaust to brakeless front wheel, may have cost its owner $5,000 in materials and labor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Brooklyn's Marlon Europe is another street shredder who brought our brakeless rider count to seven.
From Time Magazine Archive
I heard you jumped on Ed Nussbaum's bike and did a bunch of brakeless whiplashes even though you had never even tried them on your own bike.
From Time Magazine Archive
But stampeding cattle, and high seas, and brakeless lightning descents, she did not like, however brave a face she was sustained by grace to meet them with.
From Dangerous Ages by Dame Rose Macaulay
