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Pressurise

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Verb

1. pressurise, pressurize, supercharge

increase the pressure on a gas or liquid

2. pressurise, pressurize

maintain a certain pressure

Example Sentences:
'the airplane cabin is pressurized'
'pressurize a space suit'

3. pressurise, pressurize

increase the pressure in or of

Example Sentences:
'The captain will pressurize the cabin for the passengers' comfort'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pressurise

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verb (transitive)
1. 
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
2. 
to increase pressure on (a fluid)
3. 
to make insistent demands of (someone); coerce

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Pressurise

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈpressurˌized or ˈpressurˌizing
1. 
to keep nearly standard atmospheric pressure inside (an airplane, spacesuit, submarine, etc.)
2. 
to place under high pressure

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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