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repressure

repressure verb: to pressurize again; to restore to a given pressure.

Verb

repressure (third-person singular simple present repressures, present participle repressuring, simple past and past participle repressured)

  1. To pressurize again; to restore to a given pressure
    • But rather than repressuring the Ukrainian pipeline system for exports, Russia's gas monopoly, Gazprom, ordered a single test shipment to see if it would pass through Ukraine to Europe, through a pipeline that was being used to supply the Ukrainian city of Odessa.2009 January 14, Andrew E. Kramer, “Gas Dispute Runs Deeper Than Pipes, Experts Say”, in New York Times

Forms of repressure

third-person singular presentrepressures
present participlerepressuring
past participlerepressured
pastrepressured

Origin of repressure

From re- + pressure.

Questions about repressure

What does repressure mean?
Repressure means to pressurize again; to restore to a given pressure.
What part of speech is repressure?
Repressure is a verb.
What is the past tense of repressure?
The past tense of repressure is repressured.

Words near repressure in the dictionary

  1. repressments
  2. repressor
  3. repressors
  4. repressosome
  5. repressosomes
  6. repressure
  7. repressured
  8. repressures
  9. repressuring
  10. repressurisation
  11. repressurisations

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