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to pressurize
01
to force someone to do something
Transitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
pressurize
3rd person singular
pressurizes
Present participle
pressurizing
Past simple
pressurized
Past participle
pressurized
Examples
The company 's aggressive marketing tactics were designed to pressurize consumers into making impulse purchases.
02
to raise the pressure in or of a system, container, or environment
Examples
The engineer pressurizes the tank before conducting the test.
03
to keep a system at a specified pressure over time
Examples
The cabin is pressurized to keep passengers comfortable at high altitudes.
Lexical Tree
pressurized
pressurize
pressure
press
