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pressure + -ise

Pronunciation

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Plain form
pressurise

Third-person singular
pressurises

Past tense
pressurised

Past participle
pressurised

Present participle
pressurising

  1. If something is pressurised, it is maintained at a raised pressure artificially in a gas or its container.
  2. If you pressurise someone to do something, you attempt to persuade them into doing something.