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pressurise

pressurise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of pressurize.

Meaning of pressurize

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

Antonyms of pressurise

Forms of pressurise

third-person singular presentpressurises
present participlepressurising
past participlepressurised
pastpressurised

Origin of pressurise

From pressure + -ise.

Words formed from pressurise

Questions about pressurise

What is pressurise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Pressurise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of pressurize.

Words near pressurise in the dictionary

  1. pressurewashing
  2. pressuring
  3. pressurings
  4. pressurisation
  5. pressurisations
  6. pressurise
  7. pressurised
  8. pressurises
  9. pressurising
  10. pressurizable
  11. pressurization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pressurise (page history and authors); pressurize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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