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pressurize

[presh-uh-rahyz] / ˈprɛʃ əˌraɪz /










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The sole stairway itself must either be pressurized to keep out the smoke or open air.

From Los Angeles Times

Even docked, ships are far from stress-free, as sailors constantly navigate steep ladderwells and pressurized, hulking doors under the glare of fluorescent lights and the constant hum of machinery.

From Seattle Times

Even docked, ships are far from stress-free, as sailors constantly navigate steep ladderwells and pressurized, hulking doors under the glare of fluorescent lights and the constant hum of machinery.

From Seattle Times

Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which regulates workplace safety, visited Palmer’s West Reading plant in 2018, when an employee lost the tip of a finger while cleaning a pressurized valve.

From Seattle Times

Then we went through our industrial phase: The calliope appeared atop a plume of pressurized steam in the early 1850s.

From Washington Post