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See Also:

• past participle of pressurize.
• past tense form of pressurize.

pressurized

American  

[presh-uh-rahyzd] / ˈprɛʃ əˌraɪzd /

adjective

1. brought to and maintained at an atmospheric pressure higher than that of the surroundings.

   cooking with pressurized steam.

2. maintained at an air pressure comfortable for breathing.

   a pressurized cabin and cockpit; a pressurized suit for diving.

3. Informal. subject or subjected to undue pressure or harassment.

   the pressurized milieu of big business.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• unpressurized
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of pressurized

First recorded in 1935–40; pressurize + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Pressurized steam travels through the plant, a separator can separates the oils from the water using gravity, and the oil is eventually collected in glass bottles, she said during the demonstration.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2023

Pressurized water flows around the rods both to slow the neutrons so that they split atoms more effectively and to carry heat to steam generators that ultimately drive turbines to generate electricity.

From Science Magazine • May 23, 2023

It is the first new-generation EPR, or European Pressurized Reactor, plant to have gone online in Europe.

From Washington Times • Apr. 16, 2023

Pressurized “supercritical” CO2 could also be a possible fracking fluid.

From Scientific American • Nov. 14, 2021

Smaug, the Unassailably Pressurized, spat its steaming contents into the thermos.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram