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stopcocks

noun

plural of stopcock

as in valves

a fixture for controlling the flow of a liquid a mechanical engineer who designs industrial valves and stopcocks

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valves

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Others use compressed air, which requires pumps, valves and an air tank.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026
The 2021 Colonial Pipeline attack, in which ransomware seized monitoring and billing systems connected to physical valves and meters, is one recent example.

— Heather Wishart-Smith, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

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