Failsafe and Safe

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Safe and failsafe are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Safe" instead an adjective "Failsafe".

Safe adjective - Not exposed to the threat of loss or injury.

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Failsafe and safe are semantically related. You can use "Failsafe" instead an adjective "Safe".

Nearby Words: safety, safekeeping, safely

It's worth noting that while a triggered failsafe is generally designed to be safe for people, it can be amazingly disruptive and destructive to the equipment in question.

Source: Analysis / Failsafe Failure
Similarly, the failure of a strategic bomber's radio meant that the failsafe in Fail Safe did not, well, fail safe.

Source: The Radio Dies First
However we find out that the fail-safe was due to the fact that anyone who stayed in the past for too long would be frozen and combust (sorta the timeline's own failsafe).

Source: I Choose to Stay

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