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kill-switch

kill-switch is the alternative form of kill switch.

Meaning of kill switch

Noun

kill switch (plural kill switches)

  1. A security measure used to switch off a device in an emergency.
    • The company developed a ‘kill switch’ that would remotely encrypt its computers and devices if an office was raided by authorities.2022 July 11, Paris Marx, “The Uber Leak Exposes the Global War on Workers”, in Tribune

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Forms of kill-switch

pluralkill-switches

Questions about kill-switch

What is kill-switch the alternative form of?
Kill-switch is the alternative form of kill switch.

Words near kill-switch in the dictionary

  1. kill-off
  2. kill-offs
  3. kill-priest
  4. kill-shot
  5. kill-shots
  6. kill-switch
  7. kill-the-beggar
  8. kill-time
  9. kill-times
  10. kill-to-death ratio
  11. kill-to-death ratios

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