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See definition of high-pressure on Dictionary.com
  • as incoerce
  • as inlobby
  • as inpush
  • as inpassionate

synonyms for high-pressure

  • browbeat
  • bully
  • intimidate
  • repress
  • strong-arm
  • suppress
  • terrorize
  • beset
  • bulldoze
  • concuss
  • constrain
  • cow
  • dragoon
  • drive
  • force
  • hinder
  • impel
  • make
  • menace
  • oblige
  • pressurize
  • push
  • restrict
  • threaten
  • urge
  • lean on
  • make an offer they can't refuse
  • put the squeeze on
  • shotgun
  • twist one's arm

antonyms for high-pressure

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  • allow
  • encourage
  • help
  • let go
  • aid
  • assist
  • discourage
  • dissuade
  • free
  • halt
  • release
  • repress
  • stop
  • suppress
  • leave alone
  • discourage
  • dissuade
  • hinder
  • hold
  • keep
  • remain
  • retard
  • stop
  • calm
  • delay
  • laze
  • leave alone
  • rest
  • slow
  • wait
  • conceal
  • hide
  • pull
  • repress
  • suppress
  • apathetic
  • calm
  • cold
  • cool
  • dispassionate
  • dispirited
  • dull
  • feeble
  • gentle
  • impassive
  • indifferent
  • lethargic
  • meek
  • mild
  • moderate
  • passive
  • peaceful
  • unconcerned
  • unenthusiastic
  • unexcited
  • weak
  • frigid
  • happy
  • uncaring
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How to use high-pressure in a sentence

Honour the physician for the need thou hast of him: for the most High hath created him.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUS
The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUS
He held it, but it was without pressure; without recognizance of the delight with which he once grasped it.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTER
The Majesty on high has a colony and a people on earth, which otherwise is under the supremacy of the Evil One.
SOLOMON AND SOLOMONIC LITERATUREMONCURE DANIEL CONWAY
In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).
SUMMER BIRDS FROM THE YUCATAN PENINSULAERWIN E. KLAAS
As Spain, however, has fallen from the high place she once held, her colonial system has also gone down.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.
Under the internal pressure his whiskers stood on end and his face grew red.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDEN
Distance, the uncertain light, and imagination, magnified it to a high wall; high as the wall of China.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNE
With him one is at high pressure all the time, and I have gained a good many more ideas from him than I can work up in a hurry.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAY
Not much use as the high crests hid the intervening hinterland from view, even from the crow's nests.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTON
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