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steam

Dry, invisible gas formed by vaporizing water. The visible cloud that normally forms in the air when water is vaporized is due to minute suspended water particles. Steam is widely used in chemical and other industrial processes and for the generation of power.
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Every day the medics face life, death and madness on the wards, but they're good at letting off steam with plenty of sex, booze and bad behaviour to keep them sane.
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Joe Gordon, 37, from Edinburgh, got the boot from high-street chain Waterstone's for "blogging" - letting off steam about his work by writing about it on his own website.
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