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What's hit in an emergency
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panic button
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a button to push in order to summon help in case of an emergency; "the circuit is operated by a panic button"; "when he saw that I was angry he hit the panic button"
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But when Tonia is due to jet in he hits the panic button and blitzes the housework. ▪ Derby County chairman Brian Fearn has refused to push the panic button after Tranmere's 2-1 win. ▪ She managed to push a silent panic button ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An emergency button which, when pressed, alerts authorities of danger or triggers an alarm system.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A panic alarm is an electronic device designed to assist in alerting somebody in emergency situations where a threat to persons or property exists. A panic alarm is frequently but not always controlled by a concealed panic alarm button . These buttons can ...
Usage examples of panic button.
Third thing - if the lights in Ward A fail at any time, whoever is in charge is to press the panic button immediately.
He'd already punched the base panic button, and his trained people were moving out smartly.
When the changeover occurred, the target usually disappeared off the radar screen for about twelve seconds until the new code was picked up by the radar computers--if the controllers weren't ready for the changeover, they got very frantic and sometimes pushed the panic button.
Set the panic button on 'dead-man' setting-and for God's sake keep your thumb on it.
Jake wanted the United States as far from land as possible in case Qazi pushed the panic button.