pressurize
Americanverb (used with object)
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to raise the internal atmospheric pressure of to the required or desired level.
to pressurize an astronaut's spacesuit before a walk in space.
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to maintain normal air pressure in (the cockpit or cabin of an airplane) at high altitudes.
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to apply pressure to (a gas or liquid); supercharge.
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to pressure-cook.
verb
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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
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to increase pressure on (a fluid)
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to make insistent demands of (someone); coerce
Other Word Forms
- pressurization noun
- pressurizer noun
- repressurize verb
Etymology
Origin of pressurize
Example Sentences
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The sole stairway itself must either be pressurized to keep out the smoke or open air.
From Los Angeles Times
Even docked, ships are far from stress-free, as sailors constantly navigate steep ladderwells and pressurized, hulking doors under the glare of fluorescent lights and the constant hum of machinery.
From Seattle Times
Even docked, ships are far from stress-free, as sailors constantly navigate steep ladderwells and pressurized, hulking doors under the glare of fluorescent lights and the constant hum of machinery.
From Seattle Times
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which regulates workplace safety, visited Palmer’s West Reading plant in 2018, when an employee lost the tip of a finger while cleaning a pressurized valve.
From Seattle Times
Then we went through our industrial phase: The calliope appeared atop a plume of pressurized steam in the early 1850s.
From Washington Post
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