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pressurise

vb. (standard spelling of from=non-Oxford British spelling pressurize English)

WordNet
pressurise
  1. v. increase the pressure on a gas or liquid [syn: supercharge, pressurize]

  2. maintain a certain pressure; "the airplane cabin is pressurized"; "pressurize a space suit" [syn: pressurize]

  3. increase the pressure in or of; "The captain will pressurize the cabin for the passengers' comfort" [syn: pressurize] [ant: depressurize, depressurize]

Usage examples of "pressurise".

Perhaps he could pressurise Central into a massive investigation, not just the cursory one we can expect.

The few people who had cause to be moving about on the surface were encased in full scale cold suits complete with bulky, fully pressurised helmets.

I must ask you to descend to a level where the pressurised cabin is not needed!

One morning she visited a pressurised module she'd set up in one of the huge freight elevators that connected the factory sections to the docking station.

They had worn space suits whenever they were outside the pressurised underground city since before they could remember.