pressurize

English

Alternative forms

• pressurise

Etymology

pressure +‎ -ize

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɛʃəɹaɪz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

pressurize (third-person singular simple present pressurizes, present participle pressurizing, simple past and past participle pressurized)

1. To put (physical) pressure on; to put under pressure.

   Antonym: depressurize

2. To coerce, put under duress; to pressure.
   • 1981, Paul Wilson, The Man They Called a Monster:

     These men were indignant concerning the press coverage of the case and were careful to point out that Osborne did not pressurize them into sex or invade their privacy in any way.

Translations

to put pressure on

• Bulgarian: поставям под налягане (postavjam pod naljagane)
• Catalan: pressuritzar
• Finnish: paineistaa (fi)
• French: pressuriser (fr)
• Galician: presurizar
• German: unter Druck setzen
• Italian: pressurizzare
• Portuguese: pressurizar (pt)
• Romanian: presuriza (ro)
• Serbo-Croatian: stlačiti (sh) pf
• Spanish: presurizar (es)

Portuguese

Verb

pressurize

1. inflection of pressurizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative