Direct
Direct verb - To cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway.
Vent
Vent verb - To find emotional release for.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Fanservice: Charlotte, of course Marilyn Maneuver: On the air vent Nipple and Dimed: There are no clear direct topless scenes, which is balanced by the scene of pubic hair when Charlotte frantically gets out of bed when her husband comes home.
Source: Film / The Woman in Red -
A first season episode of Star Trek: Voyager had Chakotay order Voyager to vent drive plasma to trick a couple enemy ships into thinking she was damaged and close in for the kill, at which point the more powerful Federation ship was able to score direct hits and disable them.
Source: It's Been Done
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Vent and Direct. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/direct/vent
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Vent or Direct. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/direct/vent.
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