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
So brakeless, she zig-zagged like greased lightning to the bottom.
From Dangerous Ages by Dame Rose Macaulay
