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BRAKE FAILURE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brake failure mean?
• BRAKE FAILURE (noun)
The noun BRAKE FAILURE has 1 sense:
1. brakes fail to stop a vehicle
Familiarity information: BRAKE FAILURE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Brakes fail to stop a vehicle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("brake failure" is a kind of...):
breakdown; equipment failure (a cessation of normal operation)
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