Sekirov Dictionary

kill switch

noun 1
verb 1
forms 4

noun1

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A security measure used to switch off a device in an emergency.
- The company developed a ‘kill switch’ that would remotely encrypt its computers and devices if an office was raided by authorities. — 2022

verb1

•
To switch off using a kill switch.
- 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. — 2023

forms

kill switched · kill switching · kill switches · kill-switches

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