high-pressure
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high-pressure
adjective higher-pressure · highest-pressure
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Operating at relatively high pressure, such as several times atmospheric pressure.
Opposite: low-pressure
- Tense; stressful. High-pressure situations can lead to nervous breakdowns.
- Involving much persuasion. High-pressure salesmanship on the part of the Electro-Motive subsidiary of the General Motors Corporation, which has built by far the largest proportion of the American diesels to date, there certainly has been - to such an extent, indeed, as to compel the old-established builders of steam locomotiv
verb high-pressures · high-pressuring · high-pressured
- To coerce someone to perform or carry out an action by applying a high degree of psychological pressure.
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title = {high-pressure},
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