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Safety Device Essential In Pipes Crossword Clue

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99%6Exact Match!
noun

• a safety restraint in an automobile; the bag inflates on collision and prevents the driver or passenger from being thrown forward

55%6Safety device essential in pipes?
noun

• A protective system in automobiles in which when a crash occurs, a bag containing nitrogen, formed by the explosive decomposition of sodium azide, quickly inflates in front of the driver or passenger, preventing injury to the head. Side air bags, including the back seat passengers, also prevent injury.

• A similar inflated bag used in performing stunts, etc.

• A person who talks too much; a windbag or gossip.

38%7 From the Greek for “pan-pipes”, a genus of lilacs with stems once used as shepherds’ pipes
noun

• genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles: lilacs

• large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes

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