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Definition of Panic button
1. Noun. A button to push in order to summon help in case of an emergency. "When he saw that I was angry he hit the panic button"
Definition of Panic button
1. Noun. An emergency button which, when pressed, alerts authorities of danger or triggers an alarm system. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Panic Button
Literary usage of Panic button
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Unequal Protection: The State Response to Violent Crime on South African Farms by Human Rights Watch (Organization)., Human Rights Watch (Organization (2001)
"One of my neighbor's boys must have seen what was going on and ran to my neighbor
who pushed the panic button and alerted the ..."
2. The AT&T Documentation Guide (1993)
"Timesaver tips, plain English definitions, and panic button Troubleshooting ensure
quick start-ups. Using Windows 3.1, Special Edition 0-88022-731-1 This ..."
3. The Network Revolution: Confessions of a Computer Scientist by Jacques Vallee (1982)
"The clash, which occurred during a discussion of the international standards for
nuclear reactors, concerned the panic button the operator would push in ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The Congress, in adopting the National Aeronautics and Space Act, refused the
panic-button approach. The Act itself reflected the operation of the ..."
5. Criminal Justice & Community Response to Rape by Joel Epstein (1995)
"The plaintiffs lawyers argued in court that the management of the convenience
store had resisted installing surveillance cameras, "panic button" alarms with ..."
6. Medicare+Choice Program After One Year: Hearing Before the Committee on edited by Michael Bilirakis (1998)
"... before pushing the panic button. Republican policy-makers have a big stake in
the outcome. Thev assumed that making HMOs more attractive to Medicare ..."
7. Racist Violence in the United Kingdom by Carl Haacke, Human Rights Watch (1997)
"When they left we came out and pressed the panic button. The police came after
half an hour. They saw the smashed door. The two attackers were outside. ..."
8. Abortion Clinics: Information on the Effectiveness of the Freedom of Access by Evi L. Rezmovic (1998)
"Another told us of a panic button that links the clinic to the police department.
Ten respondents spoke of good communications or relationships with local ..."
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