pressurize
verb
pres·sur·ize ˈpre-shə-ˌrīz 
pressurized; pressurizing
transitive verb
1
: to confine the contents of under a pressure greater than that of the outside atmosphere
especially : to maintain near-normal atmospheric pressure in during high-altitude or spaceflight (as by means of a supercharger)
2
: to apply pressure to
3
: to design to withstand pressure
pressurization
ˌpre-sh(ə-)rə-ˈzā-shən
noun pressurizer noun
Example Sentences
A pump is used to pressurize the fuel. The system that pressurizes the airplane's cabin failed to operate correctly. Don't let them pressurize you to do anything you don't want to do.
Recent Examples on the Web Most of the compressors that pressurize the gas, as well as valves and meters, tend to operate best at high capacity. 
Paul Roderick Gregory, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022 One of the main challenges to ramping up production has been the cost of equipment needed to capture and pressurize carbon dioxide, as well as the logistical hurdle of transporting the material to a storage site. Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2022 But the countdown was held up, first to give engineers time to get back on schedule after delays caused by stormy weekend weather and then by trouble with fans used to pressurize the rocket's mobile launch platform. William Harwood, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2022 The idea is that CPS would charge batteries or pressurize underground wells using cheap electricity at times, say, when strong overnight winds are turning turbines. Diego Mendoza-moyers, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Mar. 2022 But each of these compositional choices also functions to amplify the internal tension of the narrative, to pressurize the pull of Irene and Clare’s relationship. New York Times, 20 Oct. 2021 The interlocking crises pressurize Tookie’s relationships. Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2021 The Navy’s new destroyer, DDG(X), will further pressurize budgets by doubling down on traditional metrics. Bryan Clark, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2021 On Monday, an Air India plane carrying 328 oxygen concentrators, which pull oxygen from the air and pressurize it into higher concentrations for medical use, landed at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi airport from New York. Billy Perrigo, Time, 27 Apr. 2021 See More
Paul Roderick Gregory, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022 One of the main challenges to ramping up production has been the cost of equipment needed to capture and pressurize carbon dioxide, as well as the logistical hurdle of transporting the material to a storage site. Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2022 But the countdown was held up, first to give engineers time to get back on schedule after delays caused by stormy weekend weather and then by trouble with fans used to pressurize the rocket's mobile launch platform. William Harwood, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2022 The idea is that CPS would charge batteries or pressurize underground wells using cheap electricity at times, say, when strong overnight winds are turning turbines. Diego Mendoza-moyers, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Mar. 2022 But each of these compositional choices also functions to amplify the internal tension of the narrative, to pressurize the pull of Irene and Clare’s relationship. New York Times, 20 Oct. 2021 The interlocking crises pressurize Tookie’s relationships. Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2021 The Navy’s new destroyer, DDG(X), will further pressurize budgets by doubling down on traditional metrics. Bryan Clark, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2021 On Monday, an Air India plane carrying 328 oxygen concentrators, which pull oxygen from the air and pressurize it into higher concentrations for medical use, landed at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi airport from New York. Billy Perrigo, Time, 27 Apr. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1938, in the meaning defined at sense 1