1.
If something is done ~, it is done in a way that makes it unlikely that anyone will be harmed.
The waste is ~ locked away until it is no longer radioactive...
‘Drive ~,’ he said and waved goodbye...
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2.
You also use ~ to say that there is no risk of a situation being changed.
Once events are ~ in the past, this idea seems to become less alarming...
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3.
see also safe