brakes has definitions from the field of transportation
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[ noun ] (transportation) brake consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle

Synonyms

brake_system

Used in print

(Dolores Hitchens, Footsteps in the Night....)

At that moment , Holden almost slammed on the brakes to go_back to Cooper and ask if Ferguson was about .

(Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)

I heard the screech of brakes behind me , an insane burst of laughter beneath me .

Brakes shrieked behind us .

This time there was no sound of brakes but the shrieking of women .

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