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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
pressurise . - verb Alternative spelling of
pressurized .
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Examples
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Could I ask if you've answered the query about being "pressurised" to do something.
On being orient(at)ed DC 2010
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The premier repeated Mamase's assertion that the government would not be "pressurised" by lobby groups into "willy-nilly" expanding its existing Nevirapine programme.
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Just cos a cabin is "pressurised" doesn't mean it's the same pressure you get at gorund level.
Drudge Retort 2009
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One of the Left parties, CPI, also said that the PM's statement that he would have quit if he had failed to get the Indo-US nuclear deal passed, showed that he had made it his "personal agenda" and had "pressurised" the Congress and the allies.
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Make no mistake, he will play a big role in the American effort, and not just because his long, straight hitting seems perfect for Celtic Manor, but also because his temperament is ideally suited to golf's most pressurised occasion.
Bubba Watson and Dustin Johnson add power to USA's Ryder Cup bid Lawrence Donegan 2010
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What it told me is that 10 years of age is too young to be pressurised by being on such a show.
Archive 2009-05-01 Norfolk Blogger 2009
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What it told me is that 10 years of age is too young to be pressurised by being on such a show.
What can we learn from the tears and crying on Britain's Got Talent tonight ? Norfolk Blogger 2009
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• They were making the decision voluntarily and with no sense of being pressurised by others or feeling "a burden".
Assisted suicide should be legal, says major report to parliament 2012
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Being at a new university felt less pressurised than studying at one of the "elite" universities, where I'd have had the burden of everyone expecting me to do amazingly well all the time.
Missed your A-level grades? Forget clearing, accept your "second choice" 2011
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Members felt he was being pressurised when he needed space to think.
Why David Miliband felt he could not stay on at the frontbench Patrick Wintour 2010
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