"safety valve" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈseɪftɪ ˌvælv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈseɪfti ˌvælv/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-safety valve.wav Forms: safety valves [plural]
Rhymes: -ælv Etymology: From safety + valve. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|safety|valve|notext=1|type=exocentric}} safety + valve Head templates: {{en-noun}} safety valve (plural safety valves)
  1. A valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc. (such as a boiler or pressure cooker), would burst, thus reducing the pressure; a relief valve. Translations (valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure): veiligheidsklep (Afrikaans), صمام أمان (Arabic), предпазен вентил (predpazen ventil) [masculine] (Bulgarian), vàlvula de seguretat [feminine] (Catalan), vàlvula d'alleujament [feminine] (Catalan), vàlvula d'alleujament de pressió [feminine] (Catalan), 安全閥 (Chinese Mandarin), 安全阀 (ānquánfá) (Chinese Mandarin), pojistný ventil [masculine] (Czech), sikkerhedsventil (Danish), veiligheidsklep [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), veiligheidsventiel [neuter] (Dutch), varoventtiili (Finnish), soupape de sécurité [feminine] (French), soupape de décompression [feminine] (French), soupape d’échappement [feminine] (French), Sicherheitsventil [neuter] (German), שסתום בטיחות (Hebrew), biztonsági szelep (Hungarian), biztosítószelep (Hungarian), valvola di sicurezza [feminine] (Italian), valvola di emergenza [feminine] (Italian), 安全弁 (anzenben) (alt: あんぜんべん) (Japanese), сақтық клапан (saqtyq klapan) (Kazakh), apsauginis vožtuvas (Lithuanian), sécherheetsventil (Luxembourgish), Iwwerdrockventil (Luxembourgish), сигу́рносен ве́нтил (sigúrnosen véntil) [masculine] (Macedonian), sikkerhetsventil [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), شیر ایمنی (Persian), zawór bezpieczeństwa [masculine] (Polish), válvula de segurança [feminine] (Portuguese), válvula de escape [feminine] (Portuguese), válvula de alívio de pressão [feminine] (Portuguese), supapa de siguranță [feminine] (Romanian), предохрани́тельный кла́пан (predoxranítelʹnyj klápan) [masculine] (Russian), válvula de seguridad [feminine] (Spanish), válvula de alivio [feminine] (Spanish), válvula de alivio de presión [feminine] (Spanish), válvula de escape [feminine] (Spanish), säkerhetsventil (Swedish), సేఫ్టి వాల్వు (sēphṭi vālvu) (Telugu), emniyet supabı (Turkish), запобі́жний кла́пан (zapobížnyj klápan) [masculine] (Ukrainian), van an toàn (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-safety_valve-en-noun-4TUeDlVZ Disambiguation of 'valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure': 59 35 2 4
  2. (by extension) A valve set to close a container holding a gas or vapour to prevent excessive loss of pressure. Tags: broadly Translations (valve set to close a container holding a gas or vapour to prevent excessive loss of pressure): paineenpitoventtiili (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-safety_valve-en-noun-HqqAytEX Disambiguation of 'valve set to close a container holding a gas or vapour to prevent excessive loss of pressure': 27 69 1 3
  3. (figuratively) Any mechanism offering relief from physical or emotional pressure or tension. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: outlet, release
    Sense id: en-safety_valve-en-noun-Rpu6P9pz
  4. (figuratively) Any mechanism offering relief from physical or emotional pressure or tension.
    (US, law) A United States law, codified at 18 United States Code §3553(f), authorizing a judge to disregard mandatory minimum sentences for some criminals with few or no prior offenses.
    Tags: US, figuratively Categories (topical): Law, Rail transportation Synonyms: outlet, release Translations (United States law authorizing a judge to disregard mandatory minimum sentences for some criminals with few or no prior offenses): vähimmäisrangaistuksen sivuuttamisen salliva laki (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-safety_valve-en-noun-J1KsLEXs Disambiguation of Rail transportation: 14 10 8 60 8 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English exocentric compounds, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Luxembourgish translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 2 9 68 4 Disambiguation of English exocentric compounds: 9 7 8 76 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 6 8 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 3 6 69 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 2 8 69 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 10 3 6 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 9 3 8 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 12 3 8 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 9 3 6 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 8 2 5 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 14 6 7 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 11 3 7 79 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 6 7 71 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 4 8 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 12 3 9 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 12 5 10 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 13 4 7 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 13 4 7 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 10 3 6 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 12 4 7 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Luxembourgish translations: 9 3 5 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 12 4 7 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 15 7 7 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 10 4 7 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 11 3 7 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 12 5 7 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 8 2 6 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 11 3 7 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 4 7 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 14 4 6 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 9 3 6 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 9 3 6 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 9 3 6 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 9 3 6 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 10 3 6 80 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'United States law authorizing a judge to disregard mandatory minimum sentences for some criminals with few or no prior offenses': 0 0 0 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: safety-valve Hyponyms: Ramsbottom safety valve, spring valve Derived forms: Ramsbottom safety valve, safety-valve [verb] Translations (mechanism offering relief from physical or emotional pressure or tension): purkautumiskeino (Finnish), ве́нтил (véntil) [masculine] (Macedonian), сигу́рносен ве́нтил (sigúrnosen véntil) [masculine] (Macedonian), wentyl [masculine] (Polish), wentyl bezpieczeństwa [masculine] (Polish), válvula de escape [feminine] (Portuguese)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'mechanism offering relief from physical or emotional pressure or tension': 7 2 45 46

Verb

IPA: /ˈseɪftɪ ˌvælv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈseɪfti ˌvælv/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-safety valve.wav Forms: safety valves [present, singular, third-person], safety valving [participle, present], safety valved [participle, past], safety valved [past]
Rhymes: -ælv Etymology: See safety-valve. Head templates: {{en-verb}} safety valve (third-person singular simple present safety valves, present participle safety valving, simple past and past participle safety valved)
  1. Alternative form of safety-valve Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: safety-valve
    Sense id: en-safety_valve-en-verb-lKXrbZtQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        {
          "ref": "1941 April, “British Locomotive Developments”, in The Railway Magazine, London: Tothill Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 173:",
          "text": "Spun glass mattresses are used for lagging the boiler, which has three Ross pop safety valves on the front ring.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1959 April, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 185:",
          "text": "[A]nd to show that there was no shortage of steam, Royal Scot, directly we stopped, blew off vigorously from its safety-valves steam that well might have been used in the cylinders in the interest of timekeeping.",
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          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
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          "word": "veiligheidsklep"
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          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "word": "صمام أمان"
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          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "предпазен вентил"
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vàlvula de seguretat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "vàlvula d'alleujament"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "vàlvula d'alleujament de pressió"
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          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "word": "安全閥"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "ānquánfá",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "word": "安全阀"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pojistný ventil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "word": "sikkerhedsventil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "veiligheidsklep"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "veiligheidsventiel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "word": "varoventtiili"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "soupape de sécurité"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "soupape de décompression"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "soupape d’échappement"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Sicherheitsventil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "word": "שסתום בטיחות"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "word": "biztonsági szelep"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "word": "biztosítószelep"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "valvola di sicurezza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "valvola di emergenza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "alt": "あんぜんべん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "anzenben",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "word": "安全弁"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "saqtyq klapan",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "word": "сақтық клапан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "word": "apsauginis vožtuvas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "word": "sécherheetsventil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "word": "Iwwerdrockventil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "sigúrnosen véntil",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сигу́рносен ве́нтил"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sikkerhetsventil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "word": "شیر ایمنی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "zawór bezpieczeństwa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "válvula de segurança"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "válvula de escape"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "válvula de alívio de pressão"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "supapa de siguranță"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "predoxranítelʹnyj klápan",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "предохрани́тельный кла́пан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "válvula de seguridad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "válvula de alivio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "válvula de alivio de presión"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "válvula de escape"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
          "word": "säkerhetsventil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 35 2 4",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
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          "text": "Hernández additionally requested that he be given a two-level safety-valve reduction pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 5C1.2, which mitigates the harsh effect of mandatory minimum sentences on certain first-time offenders who played only supporting roles in drug-trafficking schemes and who provided testimony about their involvement in the criminal activity.",
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      "word": "安全閥"
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      "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
      "word": "安全阀"
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      "word": "pojistný ventil"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
      "word": "sikkerhedsventil"
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
      "word": "varoventtiili"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "soupape de sécurité"
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      "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Sicherheitsventil"
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
      "word": "שסתום בטיחות"
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      "word": "biztonsági szelep"
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      "word": "biztosítószelep"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "valvola di sicurezza"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "valvola di emergenza"
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      "alt": "あんぜんべん",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "anzenben",
      "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
      "word": "安全弁"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "roman": "saqtyq klapan",
      "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
      "word": "сақтық клапан"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
      "word": "apsauginis vožtuvas"
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      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
      "word": "sécherheetsventil"
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      "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
      "word": "Iwwerdrockventil"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sigúrnosen véntil",
      "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "сигу́рносен ве́нтил"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sikkerhetsventil"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
      "word": "شیر ایمنی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zawór bezpieczeństwa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "válvula de segurança"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "válvula de escape"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "válvula de alívio de pressão"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "supapa de siguranță"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "predoxranítelʹnyj klápan",
      "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "предохрани́тельный кла́пан"
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      "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "válvula de seguridad"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
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      "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
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      "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
      "word": "säkerhetsventil"
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      "roman": "sēphṭi vālvu",
      "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
      "word": "సేఫ్టి వాల్వు"
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      "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
      "word": "emniyet supabı"
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      "roman": "zapobížnyj klápan",
      "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "запобі́жний кла́пан"
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      "sense": "valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure",
      "word": "van an toàn"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "valve set to close a container holding a gas or vapour to prevent excessive loss of pressure",
      "word": "paineenpitoventtiili"
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      "word": "purkautumiskeino"
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