Usually means: Emergency mechanism to stop operation.
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  1. kill switch: Wiktionary
  2. Kill Switch (The X-Files), Kill Switch (video game), Kill switch (disambiguation), Kill switch: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. kill switch: Urban Dictionary

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  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (kill switch)

noun:  A security measure used to switch off a device in an emergency.
verb:  To switch off using a kill switch.

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