Control
Valve
Valve noun - Control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid.
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Nearby Word: valvular
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In addition, the Republic came with a safety valve: in times of crisis, a six-month term for a special office, dictator, could be granted to one person, granting him complete control of the state.
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Early versions of the original Day Of Defeat Half-Life Game Mod prior to it being purchased by Valve Software had the swastika as the German control point flag.
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However, when his mental control eventually began to slip, and the savage, destructive Hulk persona re-emerged, he would revert to human form as a sort of "safety valve", with the rampaging Hulk's mind stuck in the body of Bruce Banner and thus incapable of large-scale destruction.
Source: Voluntary Shapeshifting
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