pressurize

Example Sentences

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That momentum is transferred to the other turbine and used to pressurize the air-intake charge, spinning at speeds above 150,000 rpm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

While crews are digging a deep pit to reach and repair the broken valve, others are working to fill and pressurize a large water tank that serves the area.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

Methanol is also a good carrier of hydrogen, which is hard to pressurize and dangerous to transport.

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2024

In an in-person meeting with Gandhi, Bass writes, Kissinger promised that "America would, under no circumstances, allow any outside power to pressurize or threaten India."

From Salon • Dec. 10, 2023

Once Beck and I got to his quarters, we waited for the ship to re- pressurize.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir