window breaker

Glass-shattering safety tool

A window breaker is a small tool designed to shatter automotive glass in emergencies, typically featuring a hardened steel tip or spring-loaded mechanism.

Kept in vehicles for escape if trapped after an accident or submerged in water: Every car should have a window breaker and seatbelt cutter.

Also called an emergency hammer or glass breaker.

hammerTool for striking nails
emergency toolImplement for urgent situations
shatterFragment violently, suddenly
glassTransparent solid from sand
shattered glassFragmented transparent material

emergency · escape · tool · spring loaded · smash · car · safety · punch · rescue · rescue tool · crash · splinter · sharp · fragments · spark plug · bus · steel · vehicle

Opposites

function

window breakersafety glass

Pane designed to crumble

window guard · tempered glass · putty knife · window lock · laminated glass

purpose/intent

window breakerwindow lock

Frame-securing fastener

security bar · window latch · burglar bar · window alarm · security grille

action on material

window breakerwindow installer

One who fits panes

glass cutter · caulking gun · glassblower

Family

window, breaker, windows, windowed, windowing, break, breaks, broke, broken

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG