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Microprocessor security vulnerability
discovered Meltdown also discovered Spectre. The security vulnerability was called Meltdown because "the vulnerability basically melts security boundaries
Meltdown (security vulnerability)
Meltdown_(security_vulnerability)
Processor security vulnerability
programming portal Row hammer SPOILER (security vulnerability) Speculative execution CPU vulnerabilities "Meltdown and Spectre". spectreattack.com. Archived
Spectre (security vulnerability)
Spectre_(security_vulnerability)
Hardening technique in the Linux kernel
called KAISER) is a Linux kernel feature that mitigates the Meltdown security vulnerability (affecting mainly Intel's x86 CPUs) and improves kernel hardening
Kernel_page-table_isolation
Microprocessor security vulnerability
technology. It is a development of the previously known Meltdown security vulnerability. Unlike Meltdown, which can only read hidden data, LVI can inject data
Load_value_injection
Computer vulnerability using speculative execution
protect home computers and related devices from the Spectre and Meltdown security vulnerabilities have been published. Spectre patches have been reported to
Transient execution CPU vulnerability
Transient_execution_CPU_vulnerability
Security vulnerability on CPUs that use speculative execution
Spoiler is a security vulnerability on modern computer central processing units that use speculative execution. The vulnerability has been discovered by
Spoiler (security vulnerability)
Spoiler_(security_vulnerability)
Hardware bug
a security vulnerability. Hardware security Security bug Computer security Threat (computer) Bruce Schneier (January 5, 2018). "Spectre and Meltdown Attacks
Hardware_security_bug
Topics referred to by the same term
(security vulnerability), affecting computer processors Mutational meltdown, in population genetics Meltdown (festival) in London Meltdown Records, a
Meltdown
Model for disclosing computer security vulnerabilities
In computer security, coordinated vulnerability disclosure (CVD), sometimes known as responsible disclosure, is a vulnerability disclosure model in which
Coordinated vulnerability disclosure
Coordinated_vulnerability_disclosure
Computer security vulnerability
Downfall, known as Gather Data Sampling (GDS) by Intel, is a computer security vulnerability found in 6th through 11th generations of consumer and 1st through
Downfall (security vulnerability)
Downfall_(security_vulnerability)
Autonomous computer subsystem
Intel vPro Meltdown (security vulnerability) Microsoft Pluton Next-Generation Secure Computing Base Samsung Knox Spectre (security vulnerability) Trusted
Intel_Management_Engine
Processor security vulnerability
hardware security vulnerability and its exploitation that takes advantage of speculative execution in a similar way to the Meltdown and Spectre security vulnerabilities
Speculative_Store_Bypass
Hardware vulnerability for Intel processors
similar to the Spectre security vulnerabilities discovered earlier to affect Intel and AMD chips, and the Meltdown vulnerability that also affected Intel
Foreshadow
Topics referred to by the same term
isolation hardening feature in the Linux kernel to mitigate the Meltdown security vulnerability in Intel and other CPUs. KPTI may also refer to: KPTI (FM)
KPTI_(disambiguation)
Computer security vulnerability utilizing branch prediction
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures ID issued to this vulnerability is CVE-2019-1125. SWAPGS is closely related to the Spectre-V1 vulnerability, which
SWAPGS (security vulnerability)
SWAPGS_(security_vulnerability)
Family of RISC-based computer architectures
set architectures Meltdown (security vulnerability) Reduced instruction set computer (RISC) RISC-V Spectre (security vulnerability) Unicore – a 32-register
ARM_architecture_family
Computer optimization technique
(computer science) Speculative multithreading Hardware security bug Transient execution CPU vulnerability Lampson, Butler (2006). "Lazy and Speculative Execution
Speculative_execution
Computer synchronizing instruction
an inter-thread flag or mutex. Computer programming portal Meltdown (security vulnerability) Sequence point May, Cathy; Silha, Ed; Simpson, Eick; Warren
Memory_barrier
Processor design concept
process and the user processes – as was highlighted by the Meltdown security vulnerability. Mitigation strategies such as kernel page-table isolation
Translation_lookaside_buffer
Topics referred to by the same term
Page-table isolation, a Linux kernel feature that mitigates the Meltdown security vulnerability Palomar Testbed Interferometer, a long-baseline interferometer
PTI
Cryptographic protocols for securing data in transit
previously demonstrated for this vulnerability, which was originally discovered by Phillip Rogaway in 2002. The vulnerability of the attack had been fixed
Transport_Layer_Security
CPU vulnerabilities
hyperthreading. Nevertheless, the ZombieLoad vulnerability can be used by hackers exploiting the vulnerability to steal information recently accessed by
Microarchitectural Data Sampling
Microarchitectural_Data_Sampling
Method of compromising a host OS though the VM
CVE-2007-1744 Directory traversal vulnerability in shared folders feature for VMware CVE-2008-0923 Directory traversal vulnerability in shared folders feature
Virtual_machine_escape
Intel processor security vulnerability
as Lazy FP State Restore or LazyFP, is a security vulnerability affecting Intel Core CPUs. The vulnerability is caused by a combination of flaws in the
Lazy_FP_state_restore
Processor security vulnerability
Pacman is a side-channel vulnerability in certain ARM CPUs that was made public by Massachusetts Institute of Technology security researchers on June 10
Pacman (security vulnerability)
Pacman_(security_vulnerability)
Reactor accident due to core overheating
A nuclear meltdown (core meltdown, core melt accident, meltdown or partial core melt) is a severe nuclear reactor accident that results in core damage
Nuclear_meltdown
Design flaw in 1993-1997 Intel processors
Denial-of-service attack Pentium FDIV bug Meltdown (security vulnerability) Spectre (security vulnerability) Collins, Robert R. (1998-05-01). "The Pentium
Pentium_F00F_bug
Linux distribution
distrowatch.com. Debian-Based SolydXK Linux OS Receives Patch for Meltdown Security Vulnerability, Softpedia News "SolydXK 201801 32-bit". Archived from the
SolydXK
Computer security exploit
exploit software developed by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). It is based on a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Windows software that allowed users
EternalBlue
Assembly language and bytecode for web browsers
Malware, and Vulnerability Assessment (PDF). Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 11543. Detection of Intrusions and Malware, and Vulnerability Assessment
WebAssembly
Set of extensions to the x86 instruction set architecture
Another study exploring the scope of Spectre and Meltdown security vulnerabilities discovered that Meltdown can be used to bypass Intel MPX, using the Bound
Intel_MPX
Security feature in web browsers
process use. In 2018, following the discovery of the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities to the public, Google accelerated the work, culminating in a 2019
Site_isolation
Communications protocol
packet. Because DTLS uses UDP or SCTP rather than TCP it avoids the TCP meltdown problem when being used to create a VPN tunnel. The following documents
Datagram Transport Layer Security
Datagram_Transport_Layer_Security
Computer communications protocol
induce a dramatic loss in transmission performance — known as the TCP meltdown problem, which is why virtual private network (VPN) software may instead
Tunneling_protocol
phase from the rest of the grid and explode. This vulnerability is referred to as the Aurora Vulnerability. The number and sophistication of cyber attacks
Vulnerability of nuclear facilities to attack
Vulnerability_of_nuclear_facilities_to_attack
Security analysis team employed by Google
the critical "Heartbleed" vulnerability, Google decided to form a full-time team dedicated to finding such vulnerabilities, not only in Google software
Project_Zero
Cryptographic attack
variation is vulnerable to timing attacks. Removing timing-dependencies is difficult since varied execution time can occur at any level. Vulnerability to timing
Timing_attack
American software company based in Miami, Florida
vulnerabilities: Vulnerability Note VU#919604". CERT Coordination Center. 2015-07-13. Retrieved 2024-10-12. "Kaseya Left Customer Portal Vulnerable to
Kaseya
Family of 64-bit Intel microprocessors
and Tandem NonStop. Itanium is not affected by Spectre or Meltdown security vulnerabilities. Prior to the 9300-series (Tukwila), chipsets were needed
Itanium
Set of computer programs providing encrypted communication sessions
distributions.[citation needed] On July 1, 2024, the RegreSSHion security vulnerability was disclosed, which could enable a remote attacker to cause OpenSSH
OpenSSH
American businessman and racing driver (born 1970)
co-author of Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, a book covering network security, vulnerability assessment, and penetration testing
George_Kurtz
Information security awards
a cross-platform QuickTime vulnerability (CVE-2007-2175) and Alexander's discovery of an ANI file processing vulnerability (CVE-2007-0038) in Internet
Pwnie_Awards
Airline of the United States
operational and financial difficulties in the 2020s, notably during the holiday meltdown in 2022 when it canceled over 15,000 flights. This event, caused by severe
Southwest_Airlines
Severe events involving radioactive materials
by Mark Foreman. The vulnerability of nuclear plants to deliberate attack is of concern in the area of nuclear safety and security. Nuclear power plants
Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents
Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents_and_incidents
Regulations for uses of radioactive materials
which it is contained to overheat and melt. This event is called a nuclear meltdown. After shutting down, for some time the reactor still needs external energy
Nuclear_safety_and_security
Text used for user authentication to prove identity
hacked by Anonymous and leaked the same day. "The leak, dubbed 'Military Meltdown Monday,' includes 90,000 logins of military personnel—including personnel
Password
Nuclear fallout Nuclear safety and security Nuclear terrorism United States military nuclear incident terminology Vulnerability of nuclear facilities to attack
Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents
Lists_of_nuclear_disasters_and_radioactive_incidents
Security-related instruction code processor extension
and L2 cache. This vulnerability is the first architectural attack discovered on x86 CPUs. This differs from Spectre and Meltdown which use a noisy side
Software_Guard_Extensions
American software engineer (born 1966)
late as 2018, presenting solutions to tackle the latest security vulnerabilities like Meltdown, some of which have been subsequently adopted by OpenBSD
Matthew_Dillon
American hedge fund manager (born 1971)
(April 6, 2008). "Mercury News Interview: Hedge fund manager saw subprime meltdown coming". San Jose Mercury News. San Jose, California. Retrieved February
Michael_Burry
2007 mortgage crisis in the United States
PBS Frontline – Inside the Meltdown PBS – What You Need to Know About the Crisis "Government warned of mortgage meltdown Regulators ignored warnings
Subprime_mortgage_crisis
2015 leak of personal data from an online dating service
July 2015. Hern, Alex (21 July 2015). "Ashley Madison customer service in meltdown as site battles hack fallout". The Guardian. Archived from the original
Ashley_Madison_data_breach
2017 worldwide ransomware cyberattack
that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) (from whom the exploit was likely stolen) had already discovered the vulnerability, but used it to create
WannaCry_ransomware_attack
Computer enthusiast, software engineer and security researcher
10 and 11. InSpectre, a utility that examines a computer's vulnerability to the Meltdown and Spectre attacks. InitDisk, a tool that was developed for
Steve Gibson (computer programmer)
Steve_Gibson_(computer_programmer)
Scale to enable communication of safety information in nuclear accidents
earthquake. By analogy, a nuclear incident with a high magnitude (e.g. a core meltdown) may not result in an intense radioactive contamination, as the incident
International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale
International_Nuclear_and_Radiological_Event_Scale
Food safety scandal in Mexico
Populares (CONASUPO), the state-owned agency responsible for food supply and security in the country. The powdered milk had been purchased from the Irish Dairy
1986–1988 radioactive milk distribution in Mexico
1986–1988_radioactive_milk_distribution_in_Mexico
Radiation incident in Ukraine, 1980–1989
Involving Orphan Radioactive Sources of Ionizing Radiation Worldwide" (PDF). Security and Nonproliferation: 23–24. Retrieved 30 June 2019. Obodovskiy, I. (2019)
Kramatorsk radiological accident
Kramatorsk_radiological_accident
2011 nuclear accident in Japan
officials were instructed not to use the phrase "core meltdown" in order to conceal the meltdown until they officially recognized it two months after the
Fukushima_nuclear_accident
Speculative execution attack on x86–64 processors
AMD chips. First made public in 2022, it is a variant of the Spectre vulnerability which exploits retpoline (return trampoline), which was a mitigation
Retbleed
64-bit x86 register
instructions accurately which can be exploited in the Meltdown and Spectre security vulnerabilities. However, if this is not available other counters or
Time_Stamp_Counter
Decentralized hacktivist collective
Retrieved August 18, 2011. Gerwirtz, David (July 11, 2011). "Military Meltdown Monday: 90,000 military email profiles released by AntiSec". ZDNet. CBS
Anonymous_(hacker_group)
2007–2009 international economic decline
Fund (IMF) concluded that it was the most severe economic and financial meltdown since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The Great Recession was caused
Great_Recession
Use of digital attacks against a state
Kubecka, Christina (29 December 2015). "How to Implement IT Security after a Cyber Meltdown" (PDF). Retrieved 3 November 2017. (Video on YouTube-archive)
Cyberwarfare
Any attack based on information gained from the implementation of a computer system
operation and is invisible to the victim. In 2017, two CPU vulnerabilities (dubbed Meltdown and Spectre) were discovered, which can use a cache-based side
Side-channel_attack
Global computer systems outage
cybersecurity company CrowdStrike distributed a faulty update to its Falcon Sensor security software that caused widespread problems with Microsoft Windows computers
2024 CrowdStrike-related IT outages
2024_CrowdStrike-related_IT_outages
Policy platform of the 2024 Donald Trump campaign
2024. Donald Trump (March 18, 2023). Trump Reacts To Silicon Valley Bank Meltdown, Says Biden Is 'Leading Us Toward A Great Depression' (Internet video)
Agenda_47
York Times. Andrew Farrell (November 25, 2008). "Sports Stars' Money Meltdowns". Forbes. Retrieved January 7, 2011. "Rajon Rondo Allegedly Pulled Gun
Personal finances of professional American athletes
Personal_finances_of_professional_American_athletes
AMD brand for microprocessors
related Meltdown vulnerability. Launched in 2019, Zen 2 includes hardware mitigations against the Spectre V4 speculative store bypass vulnerability. Some
Ryzen
Business that allows gambling based on the prices of stocks or commodities
YALE M. BRAUNSTEIN, "The Role of Information Failures in the Financial Meltdown" Archived December 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine SCHOOL OF INFORMATION
Bucket_shop_(stock_market)
Series of cyberattacks conducted by Anonymous and LulzSec
two purported LulzSec members, a man who provided LulzSec with security vulnerability information, and four alleged members of AntiSec NL, a group inspired
Operation_AntiSec
2017 Android smartphone by Essential Products
to fix the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities after they were revealed. Until this time, only phones by Google had these vulnerabilities patched. Rubin
Essential_Phone
American sociologist (1925–2019)
Society. 2010, New York City: Routledge. 59–77 Charles Perrow (2010). The Meltdown Was Not an Accident, in Michael Lounsbury, Paul M. Hirsch (ed.) Markets
Charles_Perrow
Proprietary simultaneous multithreading implementation by Intel
marc.info. Retrieved 24 August 2018. Greenberg, Andy (14 May 2019). "Meltdown Redux: Intel Flaw Lets Hackers Siphon Secrets from Millions of PCs". WIRED
Hyper-threading
Operating system
March 2007, when Alfredo Ortega of Core Security Technologies disclosed a network-related remote vulnerability. The quote was subsequently changed to:
OpenBSD
British political scandal
and Russell Findlay characterised the situation as "opportunism" and a "meltdown." Addressing the Parliamentary Labour Party later that evening, Starmer
Relationship of Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein
Relationship_of_Peter_Mandelson_and_Jeffrey_Epstein
US Government agency for nuclear regulation & radiation safety
consequences posed by a severe reactor accident such as a full-scale nuclear meltdown. NRC management asserted, without scientific evidence, that the risk of
Nuclear_Regulatory_Commission
Series of powerful cyberattacks using the Petya malware
in May 2017, NotPetya used the EternalBlue exploit, which targeted a vulnerability in older versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. When executed
2017 Ukraine ransomware attacks
2017_Ukraine_ransomware_attacks
Cybercrime operation and malware strain
and Technology (NIST) reported that attackers were using a Windows vulnerability to distribute malware, including Emotet. The technique involved phishing
Emotet
U.S. presidential administration since 2025
Financial Meltdown Plays Out". The New York Times. Retrieved April 19, 2025. Sicard, Sarah (January 20, 2025). "Tracking Trump's national-security conflicts
Second presidency of Donald Trump
Second_presidency_of_Donald_Trump
Godfrey (August 29, 2011). "Vulnerability in Crisis: Urban Household Food Insecurity in Epworth, Harare, Zimbabwe". Food Security. 3 (4): 503–520. doi:10
Hunger_in_Zimbabwe
Computer server which is used by one tenant only
machines, and shared hardware is vulnerable to defects in hardware protection mechanisms such as Rowhammer, Spectre, and Meltdown. As, once again, server costs
Bare-metal_server
Recovering passwords stored by computer systems
In cryptanalysis and computer security, password cracking is the process of guessing passwords protecting a computer system. A common approach (brute-force
Password_cracking
Event resulting in major damage, destruction or death
scale due to hazardous events interacting with conditions of exposure, vulnerability and capacity, leading to one or more of the following: human, material
Disaster
Video-focused social media platform
January 2025. Warzel, Charlie (24 April 2024). "Welcome to the TikTok Meltdown". The Atlantic. Some of the evidence may also be of dubious provenance—as
TikTok
Refers to two related but distinct notions: functional quality and structural quality
of vulnerability is the Common Weakness Enumeration, a repository of vulnerabilities in the source code that make applications exposed to security breaches
Software_quality
Period of the Government of the United Kingdom since 2024
and Russell Findlay characterised the situation as "opportunism" and a "meltdown." Addressing the Parliamentary Labour Party later that evening, Starmer
Premiership_of_Keir_Starmer
Retrieved November 16, 2024. Kroll, Andy (May 22, 2024). "Scenes From a MAGA Meltdown: Inside the "America First" Movement's War Over Democracy". ProPublica
Republican Party efforts to disrupt the 2024 United States presidential election
Republican_Party_efforts_to_disrupt_the_2024_United_States_presidential_election
Type of nuclear fission reactor
information, the US Navy's Naval Reactors program has never succumbed to a meltdown or radioactive release over its 60 years of service. In 2003, Admiral Frank
Small_modular_reactor
the US Department of Energy there is "a greater possibility of a nuclear meltdown in Pakistan than anywhere else in the world. The region has more violent
Pakistan and weapons of mass destruction
Pakistan_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
2nd G20 meeting
newsagent in the City of London, died within a police cordon of the G20 Meltdown protest near the Bank of England. Initially the City of London Police denied
2009_G20_London_summit
the Right Become Such F****** P******?': Jon Stewart Mocks Conservative Meltdown Over Bad Bunny, Hunter Hess". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February
List of The Daily Show episodes (2026)
List_of_The_Daily_Show_episodes_(2026)
2021 Microsoft operating system version
Core processors were prominently afflicted by CPU-level security vulnerabilities such as Meltdown and Spectre, and that newer CPUs manufactured since then
Windows_11
Worldwide economic crisis
Nancy Pelosi and warned that the credit markets were close to a complete meltdown. Bernanke requested a $700 billion fund to acquire toxic mortgages and
2008_financial_crisis
Version of the Linux kernel without proprietary code
kernel.org. "GNU Linux-Libre 4.16 Released, Won't Warn You About Spectre/Meltdown Microcode Updates". www.phoronix.com. Archived from the original on November
Linux-libre
Our Graphics-related Programs". May 25, 2010. Cutress, Ian. "Spectre and Meltdown in Hardware: Intel Clarifies Whiskey Lake and Amber Lake". AnandTech. Archived
List of Intel CPU microarchitectures
List_of_Intel_CPU_microarchitectures
US safety regulations for nuclear power and weapons
termed "its closest brush with disaster" since Three Mile Island's 1979 meltdown; a workman at the Davis-Besse reactor found a large rust hole in the top
Nuclear safety in the United States
Nuclear_safety_in_the_United_States
purchasing power; food-security reporting has continued to identify inflation and weak incomes as drivers of household vulnerability. Tourism in Venezuela
Economy_of_Venezuela
American researcher and hacker (born 1975)
effort in response to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, tsunami, and ensuing meltdown of Fukushima Daiichi. A project in collaboration with Jie Qi of the MIT
Andrew_Huang_(hacker)
terrorists, solar meltdown". Washington Examiner. Retrieved 2017-11-05. "Report: Nuke plants unprotected from EMP, terrorists, solar meltdown". The Washington
American Leadership and Policy Foundation
American_Leadership_and_Policy_Foundation
Season of television series
announced that the series would be delayed until further notice due to a security breach in Toei Animation's network on March 6, 2022. On April 5, 2022,
One_Piece_season_20
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Security Guard
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Arabic, Australian, Greek, Latin
Security; Pledge
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Tamil
Treasure, Security, Deposit
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Muslim
In protection, Security
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Safety Security
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Security; Safety
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Security.
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Treasure, Security, Deposit
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Greek
Security.
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Treasure; Security; Deposit
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From the Hillside Mill
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Hindu
Treasure, Security, Deposit
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Muslim
Security. Deposit.
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Muslim
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Arabic
Security
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Tamil
Treasure, Security, Deposit
Girl/Female
Afghan, Arabic, Australian, Muslim
Safety; Security; Peace
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Indian
In protection, Security
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Bitter; Wished-for Child; Rebellion; Combination of Mary and Anne; Similar to Marian
Female
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Welsh form of French Iseult, probably from German Ishild, ESYLLT means "ice battle." In Arthurian legend, this is the name of the tragic princess who was the mistress of Tristram.
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil
Brilliant
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
A Shell
Male
Greek
(ÎάÏκισσος) Greek name possibly derived from the word narke, NARKISSOS means "numbness; sleep." In mythology, this is the name of a vain youth who fell in love with his own reflection and eventually was turned into a kind of lily or daffodil flower known as the narkissos.Â
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Irish
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Well born, Of a good family
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Precious gem
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n.
Authority; security; warranty.
n.
Collateral security; that which is pledged or deposited as collateral security.
n.
Exactness; rigorousness; strictness; as, the severity of a test.
pl.
of Security
n.
Security; guaranty; bail.
n.
The quality or power of distressing or paining; extreme degree; extremity; intensity; inclemency; as, the severity of pain or anguish; the severity of cold or heat; the severity of the winter.
v. t.
Pledge; security.
n.
Gravity or austerity; extreme strictness; rigor; harshness; as, the severity of a reprimand or a reproof; severity of discipline or government; severity of penalties.
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That which secures or makes safe; protection; guard; defense.
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Freedom; security; immunity.
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Peace; security; agreement.
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An evidence of debt or of property, as a bond, a certificate of stock, etc.; as, government securities.
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Safety; security.
n.
One who becomes surety for another, or engages himself for the performance of another's obligation.
n.
Hence, carelessness; negligence; heedlessness.
n.
Freedom from risk; safety.
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Harshness; cruel treatment; sharpness of punishment; as, severity practiced on prisoners of war.
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The condition or quality of being insecure; want of safety; danger; hazard; as, the insecurity of a building liable to fire; insecurity of a debt.
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Something given, deposited, or pledged, to make certain the fulfillment of an obligation, the performance of a contract, the payment of a debt, or the like; surety; pledge.
n.
Security; warrant; guaranty.