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emergency brake
noun as in secondary braking system
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Then he went back, eased off the emergency brake, grabbed a good handhold and strained forward.
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Fortunately, they carried an emergency brake, so that the steepness of the declivity did not alarm them.
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At the same instant his hand sought the emergency brake lever and he pushed it forward.
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He saw the danger, and with his hand upon the emergency-brake he threw his weight upon the wheel.
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Then the engineer threw on the emergency brake, and the front end of the baggage car crumpled up.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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