"emergency brake" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: emergency brakes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} emergency brake (plural emergency brakes)
  1. A brake which can be used by passengers in a vehicle to stop in event of an emergency.
    Sense id: en-emergency_brake-en-noun-5zR9NfbR
  2. (automotive, dated) A parking brake. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Automotive Translations (type of brake): záchranná brzda [feminine] (Czech), nødbremse [common-gender] (Danish), noodrem [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), hädapidur (Estonian), hätäjarru (Finnish), signal d’alarme [masculine] (French), Notbremse [feminine] (German), vészfék (Hungarian), etikoosân (Inari Sami), etikooccâm (Inari Sami), heahtegoazan (Northern Sami), nødbrems [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), стоп-кран (stop-kran) (Russian), jieʹttvaull (Skolt Sami), nödbroms [common-gender] (Swedish), imdat freni (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-emergency_brake-en-noun-NuykFxq4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles Disambiguation of 'type of brake': 44 56

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          "ref": "2020 June 17, Andrew Roden, “Brake pipe issue prompted Caledonian Sleeper runaway”, in Rail, page 12",
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          "word": "vészfék"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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          "word": "nødbrems"
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          "roman": "stop-kran",
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          "word": "стоп-кран"
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      "sense": "type of brake",
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      "word": "záchranná brzda"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "nødbremse"
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      "sense": "type of brake",
      "word": "hädapidur"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "type of brake",
      "word": "hätäjarru"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "type of brake",
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      ],
      "word": "signal d’alarme"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "type of brake",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Notbremse"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "type of brake",
      "word": "vészfék"
    },
    {
      "code": "smn",
      "lang": "Inari Sami",
      "sense": "type of brake",
      "word": "etikoosân"
    },
    {
      "code": "smn",
      "lang": "Inari Sami",
      "sense": "type of brake",
      "word": "etikooccâm"
    },
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      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "type of brake",
      "word": "heahtegoazan"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "type of brake",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "nødbrems"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "type of brake",
      "word": "стоп-кран"
    },
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      "code": "sms",
      "lang": "Skolt Sami",
      "sense": "type of brake",
      "word": "jieʹttvaull"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "type of brake",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "nödbroms"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "type of brake",
      "word": "imdat freni"
    }
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  "word": "emergency brake"
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