pressurize
Use Pressurize in a sentence
əˌraɪz verb (used with object), pres·sur·ized, pres·sur·iz·ing.
1.
to raise the internal atmospheric pressure of to the required or desired level: to pressurize an astronaut's spacesuit before a walk in space.
2.
to maintain normal air pressure in (the cockpit or cabin of an airplane) at high altitudes.
3.
to apply pressure to (a gas or liquid); supercharge.
4.
to pressure-cook.
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| —vb | |
| 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 |
| pressurise or pressurise | |
| —vb | |
| pressuri'zation or pressurise | |
| —n | |
| pressuri'sation or pressurise | |
| —n | |
| 'pressurizer or pressurise | |
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| 'pressuriser or pressurise | |
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Example sentences
Acting as a pump, the hydraulic drive is used to re-pressurize hydraulic fluid by using the momentum of the vehicle.
Once an airplane begins to pressurize, the pressure around the seals around the door prevent the door from become dislodged.
The blower door is used to pressurize the home, making it possible to measure the amount of air that is escaping or entering.
There are subtler but much more effective tools for that eg to pressurize potential advertisers.
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