0 a small part on a machine that allows steam or gas to escape if the pressure inside the machine becomes too high
1 a way of getting rid of strong feelings without causing harm:
2 a device on a machine that allows steam or gas to escape if there is too much pressure:
3 a part of a machine that opens to release pressure if it becomes too high:
4 something in a system or situation that helps when problems become too great:
The continuous decline in precious-metal content was the safety valve that made possible the stability of prices expressed in trade coins.
It also analyses how the periphery both challenged the hegemonic dreams of planned communities and became a safety valve to release tensions from the camps.
But whereas supporters of unfettered emigration saw it as a safety valve for population pressure, others saw it a wasted investment by the state.
This strategy would seem to be a safety valve the video creates so as to prevent white viewers from feeling implicated by the song.
When the captain tied down the boiler safety valve, the engines generated enormous and sometimes boiler-exploding power.
Freedom to opt for or against application can therefore be seen as a 'safety valve' which protects general consensus in the network.
Why does our cosmic system not feature a built-in safety valve triggered by harm that is large-scale, intense, and mostly undeserved?
However, life's finiteness is an insufficiently compassionate safety valve.
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