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panic button

noun as in alarm button

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A Missouri medical center has distributed panic buttons to about 400 employees after an increase in assaults on health care workers by people frustrated over coronavirus-induced visitation restrictions and long wait times.

In response to the violence, up to 400 staff members will soon have panic buttons attached to their badges, the hospital said.

When pressed, the panic buttons will immediately alert hospital security and trigger a tracking system to locate the endangered worker.

In a hospital in Branson, Missouri, as many as 400 staff members will have panic buttons added to their identification badges after assaults on staff members tripled amid the pandemic.

A hospital in Springfield, Missouri, added security dogs, as well as panic buttons.

Four factors have stopped Democrats from pushing the panic button: 1.

My peers, colleagues, and friends in the financial-political-punditocracy rushed to hit the panic button and assign blame.

Otherwise “Republicans going to hit the panic button” and start pouring their money into saving congressional seats.

Now, you listen carefully: If you push the panic button on this one without cause, I will personally flay you alive.

Chow thought some Martian monsters were invading us, and sort of pushed the panic button.

"I certainly pushed the panic button on that young man," he said.

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On this page you'll find 4 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to panic button, such as: 911, buzzer, emergency signal, and nurse's signal.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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