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fail safe
adjective as in surefire
adjective as in fail-safe
adjective as in foolproof
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They had crossed paths once; Dad had wanted to turn Fail Safe into a movie, a project that Lumet eventually directed.
So as we lurch toward the next “fail-safe” milestone, there must be a way out for both sides.
For example, at Three Mile Island, a fail-safe feature actually made the meltdown worse.
My Social Chef recommends the perfect, fail-safe roast chicken recipe.
Internally, the communications beam to Thule Base had been interrupted; and the fail-safe had not failed-safely.
It designed ingenious models, devised foolproof laws, imposed fail-safe institutions and strongly "recommended" measures.
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On this page you'll find 12 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fail-safe, such as: sound, covered, foolproof, protected, reliable, and reliant.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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