depressurize
to remove the air pressure from (a pressurized compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft).
to relieve the tensions of; cause to relax: A week's vacation should depressurize me.
to lose air pressure: The airplane cabin depressurized almost instantly.
Origin of depressurize
1- Also especially British, de·pres·sur·ise .
Other words from depressurize
- de·pres·sur·i·za·tion, noun
- de·pres·sur·iz·er, noun
Words Nearby depressurize
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How to use depressurize in a sentence
Instagram said that they hoped this would depressurize some people’s experience on the platform.
Suits that are worn during takeoff and reentry are designed to protect astronauts from fire, and they plug into seat umbilicals that carry oxygen and cool air in case the cabin depressurizes for some reason.
Current spacesuits won’t cut it on the moon. So NASA made new ones. | Neel Patel | December 29, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewThen, if the system needs to depressurize, there's something called a suppression pool that it vents steam into.
British Dictionary definitions for depressurize
depressurise
/ (dɪˈprɛʃəˌraɪz) /
(tr) to reduce the pressure of a gas inside (a container or enclosed space), as in an aircraft cabin
Derived forms of depressurize
- depressurization or depressurisation, noun
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