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1.A protection from, or not being exposed to, a risk of harm or an injury: "Maggie was assured that the safety of the blender could not cause an electric short."
2. A place or situation where harm, damage, or loss is unlikely.
2. A place or situation where harm, damage, or loss is unlikely.
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salva-, salv-
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(in 1946, an eighteen-year-old San Diego High School student wrote an essay in which he asked for plain courtesy when driving)
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“safety”
seatbelt, seat belt, safety belt
A restraining belt attached to a vehicle seat which is fastened around passengers and which is intended to keep a person in place in order to avoid injuries in accidents where the occupant could be thrown against a solid object.
A seat belt improves a passenger's chance of surviving a crash by 50 to 75 percent, mainly by preventing inertia from throwing the person through the windshield. It also spreads the force of an impact over a larger area of the body, making injuries less severe.
A seat belt also stretches which slows the passenger down with less velocity so the body feels less force.
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Automobile or Related Car Terms
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