pressure valve

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pressure valve

noun pressure valves

A valve designed to open when subjected to a given amount of pressure. Also used figuratively. WikiLeaks might have provided a pressure valve for those agents who were terribly worried about what might happen and frustrated by their superiors' seeming indifference.

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noun valve which opens under set amount of pressure

Français	soupape de sécurité
Deutsch	Druckventil
Română	supapă de siguranță, valvă de presiune

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@misc{pressure_valve_2026,
  title = {pressure valve},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pressure%20valve},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}