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Definition of Pressurise

1. Verb. Increase the pressure on a gas or liquid.

2. Verb. Maintain a certain pressure. "Pressurize a space suit"

3. Verb. Increase the pressure in or of. "The captain will pressurize the cabin for the passengers' comfort"

Definition of Pressurise

1. Verb. (British spelling) (alternative spelling of pressurize) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pressurise

1. [v -ISED, -ISING, -ISES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pressurise

pressure ulcer pressure ulcers pressure unit pressure valve pressure vessel pressure vessels pressure washer pressure washers pressured pressured speech

pressureless pressures pressuring pressurisation pressurisations pressurise (current term) pressurised pressurises pressurising pressurizable

pressurization pressurizations pressurize pressurized pressurized water reactor pressurizer pressurizers pressurizes pressurizing presswork

Literary usage of Pressurise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Capital (1888)
"Sometimes the insured persons pressurise the panel doctors to issue false medical certificates so that they can ..."

2. In a Time of Torture: The Assault on Justice in Egypt's Crackdown on by Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch (Organization). (2004)
"... to be undertaken; — the fact that a refusal to permit an intimate search may be seen to imply guilt may pressurise the patient to give consent. ..."

3. W.M. Dudokby Herman van Bergeijk by Herman van Bergeijk (2001)
"To pressurise the Municipal Council, Dudok published the design in the Wendingen magazine as early as 1924. The issue in question also featured other work ..."

4. Negotiation: Methodology and Training by L. J. Nieuwmeijer (1992)
"... where one party tries to pressurise the other, directly or indirectly through a third party, to accept their point of view or objective. ..."

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