Fail-safe
Fail-safe noun - A measure taken to preclude loss or injury.
Usage example: there are so many fail-safes built into the system that a highly unlikely series of mistakes would have to be made before failure could occur
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It was also adapted for a live broadcast drama on CBS in 2000, which starred George Clooney, Harvey Keitel and Don Cheadle.In The '60s, the Strategic Air Command (SAC) sees a bogie on its radar screen and scrambles its bombers to "fail-safe points" to investigate whether it is a Russian incursion.
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