fail-safe
Example Sentences
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He said the boats went “dead in the water” as an automatic fail-safe, which prevented them from causing damage or injury.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
Congress created the Insurrection Act as a fail-safe in response to armed mobs attacking their neighbors and organized militias seeking to overthrow elected officials.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025
There’s no 100% safe way to lift 500 pounds, just like there is no fail-safe way of throwing 100 mph.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2025
There was a fail-safe command that would temporarily render Ellie incapable of making decisions.
From Slate • Jan. 27, 2024
She referred to it as nature’s fail-safe, as if that could draw the poison from the sting.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
