kill switch
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A security measure used to switch off a device in an emergency.
verb
To switch off using a kill switch.
Example Sentences
- "The company developed a ‘kill switch’ that would remotely encrypt its computers and devices if an office was raided by authorities."
- "Digitization supercharges financialization. It lets car-makers offer subprime auto-loans to desperate, poor people and then killswitch their cars if they miss a payment."
Inflected Forms
kill switches (plural)
killswitch (alternative)
kill-switch (alternative)
kill switches (present, singular)
kill switching (participle, present)
kill switched (participle, past)
kill switched (past)