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emergency brake

noun

Also called parking brake. a special brake used to prevent a motor vehicle from rolling after it has stopped or been parked.
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

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After seeing Jaiden start to cross the railway, the driver sounded the horn and applied the emergency brake.

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The emergency brake system, which the driver correctly tried to apply when the cable snapped, did not function properly and was never tested in advance, the report said.

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The brakeman tried to apply emergency brakes but failed to prevent the derailment, The cause of the crash remains unknown.

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The brakeman tried to apply emergency brakes but failed to prevent the derailment, the investigators added.

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They witnessed history when their leader fulfilled a dream to play with his son, they reshaped their culture with one trade and pulled the emergency brake to get out of another.