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
Methanol is also a good carrier of hydrogen, which is hard to pressurize and dangerous to transport.
From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2024
Airlines pressurize their interiors as they climb because there’s not enough oxygen to support life in the thinner atmosphere at higher altitudes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
