"escape hatch" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: escape hatches [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} escape hatch (plural escape hatches)
  1. An emergency exit in a vehicle, aircraft, ship, or similar structure.
    Sense id: en-escape_hatch-en-noun-GUnOl4q8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35
  2. A workaround to avoid a negative, often unintended, side effect of a positive change.
    Sense id: en-escape_hatch-en-noun-naOxu64w

Inflected forms

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