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overpressurize

overpressurize verb: to pressurize excessively.

Verb

overpressurize (third-person singular simple present overpressurizes, present participle overpressurizing, simple past and past participle overpressurized)

  1. (transitive) To pressurize excessively.

Forms of overpressurize

third-person singular presentoverpressurizes
present participleoverpressurizing
past participleoverpressurized
pastoverpressurized
alternative formoverpressurise

Origin of overpressurize

From over- + pressurize.

Questions about overpressurize

What does overpressurize mean?
Overpressurize means to pressurize excessively.
What part of speech is overpressurize?
Overpressurize is a verb.
What is the past tense of overpressurize?
The past tense of overpressurize is overpressurized.

Words near overpressurize in the dictionary

  1. overpressurised
  2. overpressurises
  3. overpressurising
  4. overpressurization
  5. overpressurizations
  6. overpressurize
  7. overpressurized
  8. overpressurizes
  9. overpressurizing
  10. overpresume
  11. overpresumed

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