panic button
English
Noun
panic button (plural panic buttons)
- An emergency button which, when pressed, alerts authorities of danger or triggers an alarm system.
- 2016 May 9, Katie Rogers, “India’s Answer to Sex Attacks? Panic Buttons and GPS on All Phones”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- Officials in India hope to combat the threat of sexual violence against women and girls by requiring panic buttons to be installed in every new phone by January, and for every phone to be equipped with GPS by 2018.
- (computing) Synonym of boss key
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