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pressure cooker

or pressure-cooker

noun

a reinforced pot, usually of steel or aluminum, in which soups, meats, vegetables, etc., may be cooked quickly in heat above boiling point by steam maintained under pressure.
any situation, job, assignment, etc., in which a person is faced with urgent responsibilities or demands by other people, constant deadlines, or a hectic work schedule.

pressure cooker

a strong hermetically sealed pot in which food may be cooked quickly under pressure at a temperature above the normal boiling point of water
informal.
a trainee student attending a shortened qualifying course

First recorded in 1910–15

Nobody really gets out in this story, which only ups the pressure-cooker quality.

It is worth remembering that the Boston Marathon bombers armed their pressure cooker bombs with the insides of fireworks.

Maybe a sales clerk who sold the pressure cooker left female DNA on what would become a Boston bomb.

The pressure-cooker bombs are also used by insurgents in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India.

While pressure cooker bombs have become common in Pakistan and Afghanistan, they are still rare for the United States.

These little beauties are designed to relieve pressure through the lid--a nice pressure cooker.

Food cooks faster when you use a simple canning jar as a pressure cooker.

In case a pressure cooker is used, however, this is not necessary.

This may be done either in a water bath or in a pressure cooker.

Fowl cooked in pressure cooker under 20 pounds pressure will become tender in from 30 to 40 minutes.

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