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pressurize

[ presh-uh-rahyz ]
/ ˈprɛʃ əˌraɪz /
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verb (used with object), pres·sur·ized, pres·sur·iz·ing.

to raise the internal atmospheric pressure of to the required or desired level: to pressurize an astronaut's spacesuit before a walk in space.
to maintain normal air pressure in (the cockpit or cabin of an airplane) at high altitudes.
to apply pressure to (a gas or liquid); supercharge.
to pressure-cook.

Words related to pressurize

start, require, cause, force, drive, urge, sue, worry, demand, push, assail, squeeze, petition, cheat, pinch, extract, wring, intimidate, menace, scare

Words nearby pressurize

pressure-treated, pressure-tube anemometer, pressure-vacuum valve, pressure-volume index, pressurization, pressurize, pressurized, pressurized suit, pressurized-water reactor, presswork, prest
Also especially British, pres·sur·ise.

Origin of pressurize

First recorded in 1940–45; pressure + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM pressurize

pres·sur·iz·er, nounre·pres·su·rize, verb, re·pres·su·rized, re·pres·su·riz·ing.
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Examples from the Web for pressurize

  • Later, in the last moments of descent, he would snap down the face plate and pressurize the suit.

    First on the Moon|Jeff Sutton

British Dictionary definitions for pressurize

pressurize

pressurise

/ (ˈprɛʃəˌraɪz) /

verb (tr)

to increase the pressure in (an enclosure, such as an aircraft cabin) in order to maintain approximately atmospheric pressure when the external pressure is low
to increase pressure on (a fluid)
to make insistent demands of (someone); coerce

Derived forms of pressurize

pressurization or pressurisation, nounpressurizer or pressuriser, noun
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