pressurize

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pres⋅sur⋅ize

[presh-uh-rahyz]

–verb (used with object), -ized, -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.

Also, especially British, pres⋅sur⋅ise.

Origin:
1940–45; pressure + -ize

Related forms:

pres⋅sur⋅iz⋅er, noun

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pres·sur·ize (prěsh'ə-rīz')

tr.v. pres·sur·ized, pres·sur·iz·ing, pres·sur·iz·es

To maintain normal air pressure in (an enclosure, as an aircraft or submarine).
To put (gas or liquid) under a greater than normal pressure.
To design to resist pressure.
To pressure-cook.
Informal To subject to excessive stress, strain, or vexation: an executive who was pressurized by a heavy workload.

pres'sur·i·za'tion (-ər-ĭ-zā'shən) n., pres'sur·iz'er n.

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