pushbutton

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A form of push-button — Which can be initiated or activated at the push of a button.

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Meanings

adjectivepushbutton (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of push-button.

    it is hard to avoid the conclusion that the idea of ethical robotic killing machines is unrealistic, and all too likely to support dangerous fantasies of pushbutton wars and guiltless slaughters.

    2020 October 15, Frank Pasquale, “‘Machines set loose to slaughter’: the dangerous rise of military AI”, in The Guardian
nounpushbutton (plural pushbuttons)

plural pushbuttons

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of push-button.

Origin

From push + button.

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APA

pushbutton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pushbutton

MLA

“pushbutton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pushbutton. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pushbutton,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pushbutton.

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