Wiktionary
pressure-cooker
n. (alternative spelling of pressure cooker English)
WordNet
pressure-cooker
adj. very intense and demanding; stressful; "subjecting children to a pressure-cooker situation in the school" [syn: pressure-cooker(a)]
Usage examples of "pressure-cooker".
It was supercapitalism in a confined pressure-cooker environment that was merciless to any weakness.