"pressurize" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈprɛʃəraɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pressurize.wav [UK] Forms: pressurize [canonical], pressurizes [third-person, singular], pressurized [past], pressurized [past, participle], pressurizing [present, participle]
Etymology: pressure + -ize Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|pressure|ize}} pressure + -ize Head templates: {{verb|pressuriz|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is pressurized, it is maintained at a raised pressure artificially in a gas or its container.
    Sense id: simple-pressurize-en-verb-xoXNVo0A
  2. If you pressurize someone to do something, you attempt to persuade them into doing something.
    Sense id: simple-pressurize-en-verb-mBFaZeHd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ize
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