pressurizeverb [ T ]
UK usually pressurise uk/ˈpreʃ.ər.aɪz/us/ˈpreʃ.ɚ.aɪz/to keep the air pressure in a submarine, plane, etc. at a level that is suitable for breathing
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Air travel: aviation
- aerial
- aero-
- Air Miles
- air-dash
- airlift
- airspeed
- baggage allowance
- bail
- bank
- bomber
- buzz
- crash-land
- FAA
- flight
- flight simulator
- fly
- lane
- slipstream
- throttle
- throttle (sth) back/down
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UK US pressure to strongly persuade someone to do something they do not want to do:
He was pressurized into signing the agreement.
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Causing somebody to act
- a kick up the arse/backside idiom
- arm-twisting
- bludgeon
- bounce
- bounce sb into sth
- bulldoze
- force sb's hand idiom
- forcible
- hold sb to ransom idiom
- impel
- impose
- push
- railroad
- reduce sb to sth
- screw
- shanghai
- slap sth on/onto (sth/sb)
- squeeze
- squeeze sth out of sb
- trap
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Urging & persuading