panic room

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

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

"She was completely alone by herself in the house and in the panic room the whole day," Milstein said.

From Reuters

He hasn’t heard from her since early Saturday morning when she called him from a panic room at Kibbutz Nir Oz, a communal settlement near the southeastern border with Gaza.

From Seattle Times