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pressurize, v.|ˈprɛʃəraɪz|
[f. pressure n. + -ize.]
1. trans. To produce or maintain pressure artificially in (a container, closed space, etc., esp. an aircraft); to apply pressure to.
1944Aeronautics Sept. 56/2 The fuselage will be pressurized so that at all altitudes cabin conditions will be equivalent to a height of 8,000 ft. 1958Times 25 Jan. 9/2 This machine consists of a small electric compressor pump, which pressurizes the container to a pressure of 80 lb. to the square inch. 1958Times 14 Aug. 9/7 This means she [sc. an undersea cargo ship] would have an empty space which must either be pressurized to balance the pressure of the sea, or made strong enough to withstand that pressure. 1970Nature 18 Apr. 249/2 Before re-entry, the camera and payload section were sealed and pressurized to two atmospheres. 1972Daily Tel. 11 Dec. 15/6 We returned from our first drive, pressurised the lunar module cabin and took our helmets off. 1975Sci. Amer. July 52/3 The surface of the journal and the surface of the bearing are separated by a film of lubricant when the journal is turning rapidly enough to pressurize the wedge with lubricant.
2. To subject to moral or mental pressure or suasion; to urge or constrain.
1956Essays in Crit. VI. 238 The best poems..have all these qualities together with a strict sense of form that pressurizes the colloquial idiom. 1964Listener 26 Nov. 859/2 This is the move which concedes the initiative, since White is now able to gain space and pressurize the black squares on the king's side. 1970N. Bawden Birds on Trees ii. 32 Charlie said we didn't want to pressurize him. 1973‘M. Innes’ Appleby's Answer xiii. 116 Perhaps Bulkington has developed a quiet pressurising line on his young charges. 1978Guardian Weekly 30 Apr. 15/3 U.S. officials are pressurising the Saudis to increase production capacity.
Hence ˈpressurizing vbl. n.
1946Sun (Baltimore) 16 May 6/3 Pressurizing enables passengers to enjoy the comfortable flying conditions of 8,000 feet while at a ceiling of 25,000. 1976J. M. Kelly Stud. Civil Judicature Roman Republ. v. 130 The pressurizing of the defendant into surrendering the plaintiff's property. |