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Meanings of dead man's switch in English

Russian
контроль бдительности
Spanish
sistema de hombre muerto
Catalan
pedal d'home mort

Switch that is designed to activate if the human operator becomes incapacitated.

Related terms
контроль бдительности
Synonyms
Examples for "deadman switch"
Examples for "deadman switch"
1
Our after-action forensics indicate that each one was equipped with a biomonitor deadman switch rigged to a medley of thermite and white phosphorous charges.
Fire With Fire
2
The operator-youcouldn't call him a "gunner"-satin a chair holding deadman switches in both hands.
The Forever War
Usage of dead man's switch in English
1
The macabre device was known to B-52 crews as the " dead man's switch."
One minute to midnight: kennedy, khrushchev, and castro on the b...
2
The only thing left is to not tell them anything - because Danton is right about his dead man's switch.
Night of knives
3
A dead man's switch?
Night of knives