emergency brake
noun
: a brake (as on an automobile) that can be used for stopping in the event of failure of the main brakes and to keep the vehicle from rolling when parked
Examples of emergency brake in a Sentence
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Set your emergency brake and take your foot off the brake.
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Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 21 June 2024
Pedal pub bikes are equipped with headlights, brake lights, taillights, blinkers, brakes and emergency brakes.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2024
Cops found mail addressed to Butler in the car, as well as blood on the emergency brake and the interior of the driver’s side window, Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney David Ingle said at Riddick’s arraignment Thursday.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2024
The operator then spotted the snowplow ahead and applied the emergency brakes on the train, made up of two, nearly decade-old 5000-series cars, which is CTA’s most common railcar model.
—Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2024
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Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 21 June 2024
Pedal pub bikes are equipped with headlights, brake lights, taillights, blinkers, brakes and emergency brakes.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2024
Cops found mail addressed to Butler in the car, as well as blood on the emergency brake and the interior of the driver’s side window, Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney David Ingle said at Riddick’s arraignment Thursday.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2024
The operator then spotted the snowplow ahead and applied the emergency brakes on the train, made up of two, nearly decade-old 5000-series cars, which is CTA’s most common railcar model.
—Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2024
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“Emergency brake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emergency%20brake. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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