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"A switch that automatically stops a machine or vehicle after a set period of inactivity from the operator."
],
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"word": "Driver's Safety Device"
},
{
"english": "official UK railway term",
"word": "DSD"
},
{
"word": "dead man's trigger"
},
{
"word": "dead man's pedal"
},
{
"word": "dead man's handle"
},
{
"word": "dead man's control"
},
{
"word": "dead man's brake"
},
{
"word": "kill switch"
},
{
"word": "vigilance control"
},
{
"word": "live-man switch"
}
],
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"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "dead man's switch",
"word": "gizaki hilaren gailu"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shīnéng kāiguān",
"sense": "dead man's switch",
"word": "失能开关"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "dead man's switch",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "dødemandsknap"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "dead man's switch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dodemansknop"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "dead man's switch",
"word": "kuolleen miehen kytkin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "dead man's switch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "homme-mort"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dead man's switch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Totmannschalter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dead man's switch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Totmanneinrichtung"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "dead man's switch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "uomo morto"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "deddoman sōchi",
"sense": "dead man's switch",
"word": "デッドマン装置"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dedeumaen jangchi",
"sense": "dead man's switch",
"word": "데드맨 장치"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "dead man's switch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "czuwak"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "dead man's switch",
"word": "homem-morto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "dead man's switch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hombre muerto"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "dead man's switch",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "dödmansgrepp"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"dead man's switch"
]
}
],
"word": "dead man's switch"
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{
"word": "Driver's Safety Device"
},
{
"english": "official UK railway term",
"word": "DSD"
},
{
"word": "dead man's trigger"
},
{
"word": "dead man's pedal"
},
{
"word": "dead man's handle"
},
{
"word": "dead man's control"
},
{
"word": "dead man's brake"
},
{
"word": "kill switch"
},
{
"word": "vigilance control"
},
{
"word": "live-man switch"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "dead man's switch",
"word": "gizaki hilaren gailu"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shīnéng kāiguān",
"sense": "dead man's switch",
"word": "失能开关"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "dead man's switch",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "dødemandsknap"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "dead man's switch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dodemansknop"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "dead man's switch",
"word": "kuolleen miehen kytkin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "dead man's switch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "homme-mort"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dead man's switch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Totmannschalter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dead man's switch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Totmanneinrichtung"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "dead man's switch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "uomo morto"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "deddoman sōchi",
"sense": "dead man's switch",
"word": "デッドマン装置"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dedeumaen jangchi",
"sense": "dead man's switch",
"word": "데드맨 장치"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "dead man's switch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "czuwak"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "dead man's switch",
"word": "homem-morto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "dead man's switch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hombre muerto"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "dead man's switch",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "dödmansgrepp"
}
],
"word": "dead man's switch"
}
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