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kill switchnoun1A mechanism for switching off a machine abruptly, especially in an emergency: it is handy to have a strategically placed kill switch to stop the engine immediately...- Afraid of engine seizure or an explosion, Mort hit the kill switch.
- An emergency stop switch, hardwired into the kill switch of the ignition, was placed on top of the dashboard.
- The boat, which would normally be stopped by a kill switch, continued out to open sea minus the driver who was left to swim to shore.
1.1A computer function for disabling software or a device remotely: 83 percent of the smartphone owners surveyed believed a kill switch would reduce phone theft...- Electronic measures, kill switches, can remove the eBook from your reader at the copyright holder's discretion.
- U.S. law enforcement officials have been demanding that manufacturers create kill switches to combat surging smartphone theft across the country.
- Now, a major publisher of top writers has flipped the kill switch on 40 of its ebooks on Amazon.
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