pressurize

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Etymology

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From pressure +‎ -ize.

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pressurize (third-person singular simple present pressurizes, present participle pressurizing, simple past and past participle pressurized)

  1. To put (physical) pressure on; to put under pressure.
    Antonym: depressurize
  2. To coerce, put under duress; to pressure.
    • 1981, Paul Wilson, The Man They Called a Monster:
      These men were indignant concerning the press coverage of the case and were careful to point out that Osborne did not pressurize them into sex or invade their privacy in any way.

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Verb

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pressurize

  1. inflection of pressurizar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative