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Meaning of panic button | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. An emergency button which, when pressed, alerts authorities of danger or triggers an alarm system.
  2. Synonym of boss key.

Equivalents

Suomi hälytysnappi paniikkinappi paniikkinappula

Examples

“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.”
“To enable the panic button you’ll need to toggle the “early bird” option in the settings of the Opera GX browser.”

CEFR level

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

panic buyer panic buying panic disorder panic door panic party panic rev

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