Sentence | The radioactivity was released when they blew off steam from the containment vessel. |
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Definition | ( transitive ) To https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive vent , usually, to reduce pressure in a container.https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vent |
Tags: blow, off
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