emergency stop
Sudden safety halt
An emergency stop is the immediate halting of machinery, a vehicle, or a process to prevent injury or damage.
The term appears in industrial settings for kill switches that cut power instantly, and in driving for sudden braking to avoid collision: The instructor had me practice emergency stops.
Often shortened to e-stop in technical contexts.
- panic buttonEmergency alert activator
- big red buttonConspicuous emergency activator
- circuit breakerAutomatic power cutoff device
- kill switchEmergency shutoff mechanism
- shutdownCessation of operations
power down · pull cord · braking · fail-safe · safety valve · interlock · actuator · solenoid · deactivation · disconnect · abort · scram · halt · control panel · brake pedal · hit the brakes · deceleration · override
- emergency responsefirst responders, fire alarm, 911, call 911, evacuation plan
- Road Safetyseatbelt, speed limit, crosswalk, traffic light, turn signal
- roboticsrobot, android, humanoid, robotic arm, servo
- controlsbutton, switch, dial, knob, lever
- disruptionsinterruption, disturbance, interference, delay, obstruction
- driving safetyblind spot, braking, brake, signaling, merging
motion state
emergency stoplaunch
Set into motion
rapid acceleration · full throttle · acceleration · takeoff · startup