Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fail-safe

Alternative form of feal and divot

present participle of fail-safe

simple past tense and past participle of fail-safe

(computing) Able to proceed even after an error condition by selectively skipping parts of the processing.

(military) In nuclear weapons strategy: encouraging deterrence by guaranteeing an immediate, automatic, and overwhelming response to an attack, even if the command-and-control infrastructure has been damaged by the enemy's first strike.

(Scotland) A wall of turf.

plural of fail dyke

to advance in one's career despite failures

plural of fail whale