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Definition of safety-valve:

(v) : (transitive) To use a relief valve on (a container holding a gas or vapour) to relieve excessive pressure which has built up inside.
(v) : (transitive) To install a relief valve on (such a container) for that purpose.
(v) : (transitive, figuratively) To use some mechanism to relieve (physical or emotional pressure or tension).
(v) : Sometimes followed by off:
(n) : Alternative form of safety valve. [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.]
Definition of safety-valve:

(v) : (transitive) To use a relief valve on (a container holding a gas or vapour) to relieve excessive pressure which has built up inside.
(v) : (transitive) To install a relief valve on (such a container) for that purpose.
(v) : (transitive, figuratively) To use some mechanism to relieve (physical or emotional pressure or tension).
(v) : Sometimes followed by off:
(n) : Alternative form of safety valve. [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.]
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