valve
Example Sentences
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They happen when water treatment works become overwhelmed, usually after rainfall, allowing highly diluted sewage to spill into a river as a "safety valve".
From BBC
The piston faces have small, crescent-shaped reliefs into which the valves extend near the top dead center.
To accomplish this, Chevron would need to repair pipelines, valves, pumps and other equipment.
Manchester City failed to turn up the pressure valve before Arsenal travelled to the City Ground by losing the derby at Manchester United - a fourth straight match without a win.
From BBC
Ellenbogen: The company makes products such as quiet valves that allow nuclear submarines to remain undetected.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
