Is "safes" an acceptable alternative to "makes safe" [closed]

Though I know it's uncommon usage (and intentionally so). Is the follow sentence legitimate?

She safes the dangerous area so it cannot be stumbled upon.

Obviously, modern usage would be "she makes safe", but some research on my part shows that "safes" is an acceptable "third-person singular simple present" form of safe.

Am I correct?

Solution 1:

Pretty sure we only use safe as a verb when discussing ordinance or firearms. There might be other domains (operations security maybe?) but by the verb safe we definitely mean operating a safety mechanism designed to keep the weapon from being firing/detonating.

The military definition is provided at The Free Dictionary, with citation to the US DOD (PDF).

As applied to weapons and ammunition, the changing from a state of readiness for initiation to a safe condition. Also called de-arming.

Solution 2:

Safe as a verb is quite uncommon, Wiktionary is one of the very few sources to show a few usage examples:

(transitive) To make something safe.

• 2007, Rocky Raab, Mike Five Eight: Air War Over Cambodia: Air War Over Cambodia “It just trails behind the pylon until I land, then Cramer removes it when he safes the rocket pods. No evidence of anything when I taxi back inside the compound.”

• 2012, Erik Seedhouse, Interplanetary Outpost One of the most important events after touchdown will be to safe the Dauntless, which will include purging the engines and shutting down the landing systems […]