safeties

2. In American football, safeties are defensive players who play deep in the field.

The team's two safeties stopped the long pass.

3. A safety in sports is a score of two points, such as when a ball carrier is tackled in their own end zone.

The defense scored a safety in the fourth quarter.

4. Safeties can mean the condition of being protected from danger or risk.

The workers talked about safeties on the job site.

5. A safety can be a device that stops a machine or gun from firing or working by accident.

He always checked the safeties on his tools before using them.