PANIC BUTTON

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A button to push in order to summon help in case of an emergency

Example:

when he saw that I was angry he hit the panic button

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("panic button" is a kind of...):

button; push; push button (an electrical switch operated by pressing)

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