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Meaning of emergency brake | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A brake which can be used by passengers in a vehicle to stop in event of an emergency.
  2. A parking brake.
    dated

Equivalents

Deutsch Notbremse
Suomi hätäjarru
Français signal d'alarme
Magyar vészfék
Nederlands noodrem
Русский стоп-кран
Svenska nödbroms

Examples

“At 0725, the driver operated the emergency brakes to no immediate effect. [...] As the train⟳ passed through Platform 11 at around 30mph, the train⟳ manager realised there was a problem and applied the emergency brake, bringing the train⟳ to a stand⟳ [...].”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

emergency cord emergency department emergency dispatch center emergency escape emergency exit emergency goalie

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