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safety factored adj. Reduced by drink to a load-bearing capacity several times greater than anything the evening was designed to withstand. Leshawnda was safety factored, carrying three pints and a conversation without visible strain. safety fused adj. Softened by drink into a slow, regular burn that reaches closing time without apparent variation. safety glassed adj. Sharpened by drink into a person who breaks nothing, but makes every remark capable of doing so. Colita got safety glassed and delivered a cutting observation about the landlord's new sign. safety hammered adj. Loosened by drink into readiness to break through any window, barrier, or quiet spell nearby. Shaquoya went safety hammered and offered to rescue the smokers through a perfectly ordinary door. safety helmeted adj. Emboldened by drink to treat every low beam and high opinion as something to approach head-first. safety hoisted adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of a load being lowered carefully, with everyone watching the rope. safety islanded adj. Drunk and occupying a small clear patch of floor while the surrounding traffic proceeds with caution. safety lamped adj. Drunk to the point where every remark is enclosed carefully, lest it ignite the room. Teairah safety lamped every remark, enclosing each one carefully before releasing it into the room. safety locked adj. Drunk enough to resist ordinary attempts at opening, persuasion, or getting up for another round. Sierrah was safety locked into the armchair and declined three reasonable invitations to leave it. safety matched adj. Drunk past the point of ignition except on the particular rough surface provided by an old pub argument. safety netted adj. Drunk beyond any reliable balance, with the furniture and one's companions forming a horizontal rescue system. safety oranged adj. Of a drinker who has become conspicuous against every background, chiefly beside a traffic cone. safety papered adj. Describing a drinker who guards the evening's account against alteration, particularly when settling the bill. safety pinned adj. A drinker who holds the evening together temporarily, with the sharp end kept out of sight. safety plugged adj. A drinker so far gone that pressure is relieved only by saying precisely what should have remained unsaid. Dravon became safety plugged and released the evening's accumulated pressure beside the boiler. safety razored adj. The state of being drunk and almost entirely harmless, save for one unexpectedly keen edge. Eveie was safety razored, gentle in conversation but exact about the restaurant's shortcomings.