A fail-safe device in a nuclear weapon to deactivate it automatically in the event of accident. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A fail-safe recipe for cheese souffle. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
But all along, we had that fail-safe of Baton Rouge. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 13, 2005] Reference
So it's not that you have to have fail-safe security. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 14, 2006] Reference
But security experts tell us the system is not fail-safe. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 22, 2006] Reference
They have fail-safe mechanisms built into their operations. From Wordnik.com. [Economics, Not Apathy, Exposes Chemical Plants To Danger] Reference
But as fail-safe, I did not tell the men where I led the women. From Wordnik.com. [Two in Time]
GENT: There were fail-safe steps in place, and they didn't work. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 17, 2003] Reference
In addition I was informed a fail-safe computer program was put in. From Wordnik.com. [Toyota acceleration complaints continue after recall work done] Reference
There is no fail-safe mechanism for being -- for not having errors. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 23, 2005] Reference
Sam: Computers that should have been fail-safe, but were fail-deadly. From Wordnik.com. [John T. Halliday: Air France 447 Lawsuit Alleges Cockpit Computers Caused Disaster] Reference
Nothing is ever going to be fail-safe, but we are where we are today. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 2, 2003] Reference
They need to rely on community and ultimately as a fail-safe on government. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 17, 2009] Reference
Closed systems have two feeding points which makes the network more fail-safe. From Wordnik.com. [4. Power transmission and distribution in power supply systems] Reference
That's hardly a fail-safe strategy: virtually every Indonesian bank is in trouble. From Wordnik.com. ['The Damage Is Real'] Reference
However, I think we need to recognize that there's no 100 percent fail-safe system. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 12, 2010] Reference
Another fail-safe method is to attend signings of new books by your favorite authors. From Wordnik.com. [Beware Rare Book Forgeries] Reference
Analysts seem to believe that political platforms are fail-safe guides to What Will Happen. From Wordnik.com. [Don’t Bet On the President] Reference
Why wasn't there some sort of fail-safe step that could have prevented this massive blackout?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 17, 2003] Reference
"Astor Hall," he intoned, "final fail-safe test of the security upgrade, January 28, 8: 28 p.m.". From Wordnik.com. [Dance Of Death]
Agents were authorized to order a flight to return to the ground as a fail-safe measure, she said. From Wordnik.com. [Suspect Admits Bomb Plot] Reference
Curiously, it's in the usually fail-safe courtroom showdown that the movie is the least convincing. From Wordnik.com. ['Tis Not A Jolly Season] Reference
And only a single operating fail-safe felt strongly enough to act, at the risk of her own stability. From Wordnik.com. [Impossible Places]
MEANS TO A BETTER ENDThere are few fail-safe measures to avoid unwanted care and pain at the end of life. From Wordnik.com. [Terminal Care: Too Painful, Too Prolonged] Reference
For 36 hours, no one knew the weapons were outside Air Force safeguards that are supposed to be fail-safe. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 18, 2007] Reference
Of course, the engineers put in every fail-safe they could think of to prevent such a thing from happening. From Wordnik.com. [Time Was]
It was a fail-safe way to see how she'd do on such tests under real conditions -- without anyone's knowing. From Wordnik.com. [The New College Game] Reference
The system sounds helpful in theory, but the overall effectiveness is limited by numerous fail-safe measures. From Wordnik.com. [New Lexus LS helps park itself] Reference
First, BP failed to install a deep hole shut off valve -- another fail-safe that might have averted the spill. From Wordnik.com. [Sex, Lies and Oil Spills] Reference
They constituted the flexible fail-safe, ready to take over in the event the ship's machine mind malfunctioned. From Wordnik.com. [Orphan Star]
He believed it was "bulletproof" and "fail-safe," protected against drastic loss no matter what the future held. From Wordnik.com. [Unlikely Superstar: How a Forgotten Fund Got Hot in a Hurry] Reference
And they want to make every -- And I keep stressing, there's no way that you can make this profession fail-safe. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 31, 2002] Reference
But happily, because we're in a federal republic, there are fail-safe mechanisms under the federal constitution. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 6, 2009] Reference
Second (and this is the fail-safe), find, if you can, a genuine master and study as hard as you can with him or her. From Wordnik.com. [Susan Piver: Are You a Buddhist? You Tell Me] Reference
That would provide a fail-safe feature that would allow drivers to easily recover if unintended acceleration did occur. From Wordnik.com. [Philip G. Baker: Toyota Still Covering Up] Reference
But now there are five surveillance teams … and they can't possibly operate at fail-safe level without four to a team. From Wordnik.com. [War Game]
You clearly have no decency, but if you do have a fail-safe way to secure eight hours of sleep, I ll be happy to listen. From Wordnik.com. [Ross Luippold: An Open Letter to Our Elected Officials: How Do You Sleep At Night? Lunesta?] Reference
You clearly have no decency, but if you do have a fail-safe way to secure eight hours of sleep, I'll be happy to listen. From Wordnik.com. [Ross Luippold: An Open Letter to Our Elected Officials: How Do You Sleep At Night? Lunesta?] Reference
We "fail-safe" by denying the government access to our private communications by default, and granting it in an emergency. From Wordnik.com. [How to Code a Constitution] Reference
The next few weeks are critical, but we've got every fail-safe I can think of — and a few that were Rowan's ideas — in place. From Wordnik.com. [Hunter,Healer[SequeltoTheSociety]]
The scene with Peter OToole under the museum stairs in How to Steal a Million had in recent testing proven itself to be fail-safe. From Wordnik.com. [A Grave Denied]
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