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   Fail-safe

   /ˈfāl ˌsāf/

   

   adjective

   • 1. causing a piece of machinery or other mechanism to revert to a safe condition in the event of a breakdown or malfunction: "a forklift with a fail-safe device"
   • ▪ unlikely or unable to fail: "the computer that runs the place is supposed to be fail-safe"

   noun

   • 1. a system or plan that comes into operation in the event of something going wrong or that is there to prevent such an occurrence: "the secondary safety system is indeed a fail-safe"

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • F

     4

   • A

     1

   • I

     1

   • L

     1

   • -

   • S

     1

   • A

     1

   • F

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   • E

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