Thesaurus / pressurize
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synonyms for pressurize
- urge
- sue
- force
- worry
- demand
- push
- assail
- squeeze
- petition
- afflict
- exhort
- plead
- importune
- beset
- torment
- enjoin
- sell
- depress
- compel
- disquiet
- vex
- implore
- besiege
- sadden
- plague
- railroad
- constrain
- beg
- entreat
- harass
- supplicate
- oppress
- come at
- weigh down
- buttonhole
- insist on
- lean on
- work on
- cheat
- pinch
- squeeze
- extort
- ream
- extract
- force
- do
- wrest
- bilk
- chisel
- oppress
- wring
- coerce
- wrench
- constrain
- exact
- bleed
- defraud
- hold a knife to
- put screws to
- shake down
- pinch
- extract
- wring
- extort
- bleed
- milk
- pressure
- wrench
- oppress
- eke out
- bring pressure to bear
- lean on
- put screws to
- shake down
- intimidate
- menace
- scare
- portend
- forewarn
- caution
- growl
- forebode
- torment
- presage
- browbeat
- bully
- blackmail
- admonish
- snarl
- spook
- terrorize
- cow
- fulminate
- abuse
- scowl
- augur
- bluster
- enforce
- comminate
- flex muscles
- look daggers
- make threat
- push around
- shake fist at
- walk heavy
- bully
- intimidate
- suppress
- repress
- strong-arm
- browbeat
- terrorize
- hinder
- bulldoze
- force
- cow
- urge
- oblige
- make
- drive
- impel
- beset
- push
- threaten
- constrain
- menace
- restrict
- dragoon
- concuss
- high pressure
- lean on
- put the squeeze on
- shotgun
- make an offer they can't refuse
- twist one's arm
- inhibit
- bind
- necessitate
- curb
- constrict
- stifle
- incarcerate
- chain
- immure
- deprive
- coerce
- intern
- check
- make
- compel
- confine
- urge
- oblige
- cork
- pressure
- bridle
- disallow
- hog-tie
- deny
- bar
- drive
- withhold
- impel
- jail
- imprison
- ban
- bottle up
- hold back
- hold down
- concuss
- cool off
- hem in
- hold in
- keep lid on
- put half nelson on
- shotgun
- urge
- charge
- move
- oblige
- require
- impose
- compel
- drive
- restrict
- pressure
- drag
- limit
- inflict
- demand
- press
- cause
- order
- make
- wrest
- necessitate
- insist
- coerce
- enjoin
- apply
- exact
- fix
- constrain
- draft
- overcome
- impress
- blackmail
- burden
- wring
- extort
- bind
- choke
- contract
- impel
- command
- obtrude
- occasion
- strong-arm
- enforce
- bear down
- sandbag
- conscript
- dragoon
- concuss
- shotgun
- bear hard on
- bring pressure to bear upon
- pin down
- put screws to
- put squeeze on
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antonyms for pressurize
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- leave alone
- pull
- cheer
- please
- make happy
- answer
- help
- give
- discourage
- gladden
- assist
- soothe
- delight
- comfort
- aid
- dissuade
- save
- relieve
- defend
- flatter
- commend
- approve
- please
- help
- guard
- protect
- alleviate
- praise
- compliment
- assist
- stop
- halt
- discourage
- leave alone
- indulge
- let go
- encourage
- help
- free
- allow
- repress
- delay
- dissuade
- permit
- liberate
- release
- loosen
- assist
- aid
- yield
- help
- neglect
- give
- allow
- forget
- leave alone
- let go
- halt
- check
- stop
- free
- discourage
- surrender
- aid
- permit
- prevent
- disallow
- release
- dissuade
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use pressurize in a sentence
They could pressurize them because the Taliban are looking for legitimacy.
'WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN THE WORLD LOOKS AWAY?' AN AFGHAN TEACHER ON HOW THE WORLD CAN PROTECT GIRLS FROM THE TALIBANABHISHYANT KIDANGOORAUGUST 26, 2021TIMEOn Monday, an Air India plane carrying 328 oxygen concentrators, which pull oxygen from the air and pressurize it into higher concentrations for medical use, landed at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi airport from New York.
HOW COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD ARE HELPING INDIA FIGHT COVID-19—AND HOW YOU CAN TOOBILLY PERRIGOAPRIL 27, 2021TIME“We have someone we can pressurize now, someone we can persuade,” she says.
A FEMINIST INTERNET WOULD BE BETTER FOR EVERYONEEMILY LUONGAPRIL 1, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWBear sprays are also pressurized to travel further — 30 to 35 feet — than the smaller self-defense products.
BEAR SPRAY IS SHOWING UP AT PROTESTS AND RIOTS. HERE’S WHY, AND HOW IT AFFECTS HUMANS.JOHN BRILEYMARCH 19, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHe knows the team is depending on him to be aggressive and take shots when he’s open on offense, but his expanded role on the team feels freeing rather than pressurized.
THE WIZARDS’ ‘WOLFMAN’ IS COMING OUT OF THE DARKAVA WALLACEFEBRUARY 26, 2021WASHINGTON POSTPG&E hired Bay Area Concrete to dispose of waste from hydrovac trucks — special vacuum trucks that use pressurized water for precise excavation.
LAWSUIT REVEALS NEW ALLEGATIONS AGAINST PG&E CONTRACTOR ACCUSED OF FRAUDBY SCOTT MORRIS, BAY CITY NEWS FOUNDATIONFEBRUARY 26, 2021PROPUBLICAEx-military personnel are also the kind of people who thrive in pressurized, or time-sensitive, situations.
TWO KEY UK MILITARY NONPROFITS JOIN FORCES TO BOOST VETERAN TRAINING IN CYBER AND TECHMIKE BUTCHERDECEMBER 3, 2020TECHCRUNCHIndeed, the researchers observed that seal lice gradually stop moving when they were pressurized.
ONE TINY SEA PARASITE SURVIVES 200 TIMES ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURESHI EN KIMSEPTEMBER 25, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSLater, in the last moments of descent, he would snap down the face plate and pressurize the suit.
FIRST ON THE MOONJEFF SUTTONWORDS RELATED TO PRESSURIZE
- beset
- browbeat
- bulldozed
- bullied
- concussed
- constrained
- cowed
- dragooned
- drove
- forced
- high pressure
- hindered
- impelled
- intimidated
- lean on
- made
- made an offer they can't refused
- menaced
- obliged
- pressurized
- pushed
- put the squeeze on
- repressed
- restricted
- shotguned
- strong-armed
- suppressed
- terrorized
- threatened
- twisted one's arm
- urged
- besets
- browbeats
- bulldozes
- bullies
- concusses
- constrains
- cows
- dragoons
- drives
- forces
- high pressure
- hinders
- impels
- intimidates
- lean on
- makes
- makes an offer they can't refuses
- menaces
- obliges
- pressurizes
- pushes
- puts the squeeze on
- represses
- restricts
- shotguns
- strong-arms
- suppresses
- terrorizes
- threatens
- twists one's arm
- urges
- ban
- bar
- bind
- bottle up
- bridle
- chain
- check
- coerce
- compel
- concuss
- confine
- constrict
- cool off
- cork
- curb
- deny
- deprive
- disallow
- drive
- hem in
- hog-tie
- hold back
- hold down
- hold in
- immure
- impel
- imprison
- incarcerate
- inhibit
- intern
- jail
- keep lid on
- make
- necessitate
- oblige
- pressure
- pressurize
- put half nelson on
- shotgun
- stifle
- urge
- withhold
- banning
- barring
- binding
- bottling up
- bridling
- chaining
- checking
- coercing
- compelling
- concussing
- confining
- constricting
- cooling off
- corking
- curbing
- denying
- depriving
- disallowing
- driving
- hem in
- hog-tying
- holding back
- holding down
- holding in
- immuring
- impelling
- imprisoning
- incarcerating
- inhibiting
- interning
- jailing
- keeping lid on
- making
- necessitating
- obliging
- pressuring
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- putting half nelson on
- shotguning
- stifling
- urging
- withholding
- apply
- bear down
- bear hard on
- bind
- blackmail
- bring pressure to bear upon
- burden
- cause
- charge
- choke
- coerce
- command
- compel
- concuss
- conscript
- constrain
- contract
- demand
- draft
- drag
- dragoon
- drive
- enforce
- enjoin
- exact
- extort
- fix
- impel
- impose
- impress
- inflict
- insist
- limit
- make
- move
- necessitate
- oblige
- obtrude
- occasion
- order
- overcome
- pin down
- press
- pressure
- pressurize
- put screws to
- put squeeze on
- require
- restrict
- sandbag
- shotgun
- strong-arm
- urge
- wrest
- wring
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.