(BrE also pressurise) verb
1 (BrE) (also pressure AmE, BrE) [oftenpassive] ~ sb (into sth / into doing sth) to persuade sb to do sth, especially by making them feel that they have to or should do it:
[VN] Stop trying to pressurize me! * She was pressurized into accepting the job. * [VNtoinf] He felt that he was being pressurized to resign.
2 [VN] [usuallypassive] to keep the air pressure in a SUBMARINE, an aircraft, etc. the same as it is on earth:
a pressurized cabin
pressurization, pressurisation noun [U]
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