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pressurizing

pressurizing is the present participle and gerund 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

Forms of pressurizing

alternative formpressurising

Questions about pressurizing

What is pressurizing the present participle and gerund of?
Pressurizing is the present participle and gerund of pressurize.

Words near pressurizing in the dictionary

  1. pressurized water reactor
  2. pressurized water reactors
  3. pressurizer
  4. pressurizers
  5. pressurizes
  6. pressurizing
  7. pressuron
  8. pressurons
  9. pressvat
  10. pressvats
  11. presswheel

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