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"Fail-safe" Definition
noun
A fail-safe mechanism.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A device or measure that makes something fail-safe.
Source: Merriam-Webster
adjective
Acting to discontinue a military attack on the occurrence of any of various predetermined conditions.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Capable of compensating automatically and safely for a failure, as of a mechanism or power source.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Guaranteed not to fail: "There is no fail-safe mechanism guaranteed either to contain or to restore presidential authority” ( Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.).
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Incorporating some feature for automatically counteracting the effect of an anticipated possible source of failure.
Source: Merriam-Webster
Being or relating to a safeguard that prevents continuing on a bombing mission according to a preconceived plan.
Source: Merriam-Webster
verb-intransitive
To compensate automatically for failure.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-transitive
To render fail-safe: fail-safed the computer against power outages.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
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