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pres·sur·ize

 (prĕsh′ə-rīz′)
tr.v. pres·sur·ized, pres·sur·iz·ing, pres·sur·iz·es
1. To maintain normal air pressure in (an enclosure, as an aircraft or submarine).
2. To cause to have or function at greater than normal air or gas pressure: The stairwells are pressurized to prevent smoke from entering during a fire.
3. To put (gas or liquid) under a greater than normal pressure.
4. Informal To subject to psychological, political, or other nonphysical pressure: pressurized the government to enact reforms.
pres′sur·i·za′tion (-ər-ĭ-zā′shən) n.
pres′sur·iz′er n.
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pressurized

(ˈprɛʃəˌraɪzd) or

pressurised

adj
(General Physics) (of a gas or liquid) having been pressurized
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Translations

pressurized

[ˈpreʃəraɪzd] ADJ
1. (lit) [cabin, aircraft] → presurizado; [chamber, container] → cerrado a presión
pressurized water reactor → reactor m de agua a presión
2. (fig) the island provides an escape from today's pressurized world → la isla permite escapar del cúmulo de tensiones que es el mundo actual
to feel pressurized → sentirse presionado
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

pressurized

[ˈprɛʃəraɪzd] adj [cabin, aircraft, container] → pressurisé(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

pressurized

adj
aircraft, container → mit Druckausgleich; pressurized chamber → Druckkammer f
(= compressed) water, gas → komprimiert, verdichtet, gepresst
(fig) → unter Druck; to feel pressurized → sich unter Druck (gesetzt) fühlen; to feel pressurized into something → sich zu etw gedrängt fühlen; to feel pressurized into doing something → sich dazu gedrängt fühlen, etw zu tun
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

pressurized

[ˈprɛʃəˌraɪzd] adj → pressurizzato/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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