panic button
noun
: something setting off a precipitous emergency response
there was no pushing of panic buttons at the White House, no rushing of troops—
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The plan is for the panic buttons to start being installed over the next several months.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 6 May 2025
At Apalachee High School in Georgia, where two teachers and two students were killed in a shooting in early September, officials credited a new alert system — featuring ID badges with panic buttons — with helping save lives.
—Kate Selig, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Mateo said that about 50 out of the more than 25,000 bodegas in the city have been equipped with panic buttons.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025
During Ruis’ attack against Yates, other inmates heard the commotion and pushed another panic button to alert deputies, according to the complaint.
—Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 25 Feb. 2025
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Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 6 May 2025
At Apalachee High School in Georgia, where two teachers and two students were killed in a shooting in early September, officials credited a new alert system — featuring ID badges with panic buttons — with helping save lives.
—Kate Selig, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Mateo said that about 50 out of the more than 25,000 bodegas in the city have been equipped with panic buttons.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025
During Ruis’ attack against Yates, other inmates heard the commotion and pushed another panic button to alert deputies, according to the complaint.
—Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Panic button.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/panic%20button. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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