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[Adjective] | "fail-safe" | \ ˈfāl-ˌsāf \
1: incorporating some feature for automatically counteracting the effect of an anticipated possible source of failure
2: being or relating to a safeguard that prevents continuing on a bombing mission according to a preconceived plan
3: having no chance of failure : infallibly problem-free
Origin: 1931 ;
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[Noun] | "fail-safe"
1: a device or measure that makes something fail-safe
Origin: 1975 ;
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[Adjective] | "fail-safe"
1: not likely to fail;
* e.g., " ... flowers have been traditionally regarded as the fail-safe gift for Valentine's Day "
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[Noun] | "fail-safe"
1: a measure taken to preclude loss or injury;
* e.g., " ... there are so many fail-safes built into the system that a highly unlikely series of mistakes would have to be made before failure could occur "
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[ "Fail-Safe" ]
1: The greatest film in history. "Fail-Safe" was a perfect production crossed with an ultimate cast. Made in 1964 it may have saved the planet. It showed what might happen if the "nuke 'em' system" fucked-up. Fail-Safe sobered its audiences. It made the world more "nuclear smart." Writers Burdick and Heller haunted the world with their view of a possibly tragic future.
* e.g., ... You're the president of the United States. Your bombers have "blown past" their "fail-safe points" in a tragic error. As you and your translator "sweat blood," end of the world destiny unfolds right before your very eyes in "Fail-Safe."
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[ "fail safe" ]
1: a ripped or broken latex condom
* e.g., ... "<pant pant> Sorry about the fail safe, honey"
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[ "Fail-safe" ]
1: Incorporating a feature to a product, when a malfunction occurs, capable of returning to a working state automatically.
* e.g., ... "We've made it fail-safe by adding a extra NiCad battery incase the main battery fails."
[ "Fail-safe" ]
2: Guaranteed to work, reliable.
* e.g., ... "This recipe is fail-safe, anyone could do it."
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