Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To maintain normal air pressure in (an enclosure, as an aircraft or submarine).
- transitive verb To cause to have or function at greater than normal air or gas pressure.
- transitive verb To put (gas or liquid) under a greater than normal pressure.
- transitive verb Informal To subject to psychological, political, or other nonphysical pressure.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To put
pressure on; to put under pressure.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb increase the pressure in or of
- verb maintain a certain pressure
- verb increase the pressure on a gas or liquid
Etymologies
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Examples
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Yet, I wonder how the administration is able to "pressurize" powerful corporate media, which are financially independent of government subsidies.
Balkinization 2006
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Yet, I wonder how the administration is able to "pressurize" powerful corporate media, which are financially independent of government subsidies.
Balkinization 2006
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Yet, I wonder how the administration is able to "pressurize" powerful corporate media, which are financially independent of government subsidies.
Balkinization 2006
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Yet, I wonder how the administration is able to "pressurize" powerful corporate media, which are financially independent of government subsidies.
Balkinization 2006
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Yet, I wonder how the administration is able to "pressurize" powerful corporate media, which are financially independent of government subsidies.
Balkinization 2006
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Yet, I wonder how the administration is able to "pressurize" powerful corporate media, which are financially independent of government subsidies.
Balkinization 2006
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Yet, I wonder how the administration is able to "pressurize" powerful corporate media, which are financially independent of government subsidies.
Balkinization 2006
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Yet, I wonder how the administration is able to "pressurize" powerful corporate media, which are financially independent of government subsidies.
Balkinization 2006
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Yet, I wonder how the administration is able to "pressurize" powerful corporate media, which are financially independent of government subsidies.
Balkinization 2006
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Yet, I wonder how the administration is able to "pressurize" powerful corporate media, which are financially independent of government subsidies.
Balkinization 2006
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