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to pressurize

to pressurize

30 5.2
To increase or keep air pressure inside a closed space using a machine
  • verb
  • /ˈprɛʃəraɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : presurizar
  • The front segment, largest of the three, was pressurized like a spacecraft so people could live in it.
  • pressurized water reactors
  • pressurized water
  • pressurized air

This fan can suck air in and pressurize the motor, creating boost.

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Examples

  • To test this, EarthCraft inspectors use special fans to pressurize the house and the ductwork.

    Academic text (2001)

  • And turn on the passenger seat heat to pressurize the system.

    Bellflower (2011)

  • This fan can suck air in and pressurize the motor, creating boost.

    WIRED

  • Because if they had an oxygen nitrogen mix, you would have to pressurize the inside to equal atmospheric pressure, right?

  • Next, the test pipe was pressurized at steadily increasing rates until failure.

    Academic text (2003)

  • As I was strapping myself in, Shivaji asked Sattayarak to pressurize the hold and open the main door.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The storage tanks of the prototype are filled with air pressurized to 3000 psi.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The engineer used a pump to pressurize the gas tank before testing it for leaks.

  • To ensure safety during the flight, the aircraft's cabin must be pressurized at high altitudes.

  • The technician needed to pressurize the system with air to test its integrity.

Synonyms

to compress
vsto pressurize
94 3.7

To press something so it takes less space

focuses on raising or keeping air or gas pressure inside a space
to supercharge
vsto pressurize
  • Specialized
7.0

To raise the pressure of air or liquid entering an engine

is used more generally to raise or maintain air or gas pressure inside containers

Antonyms

to depressurize
  • Specialized
9 6.3

To lower air or gas pressure inside a sealed space such as a tank

How Pressurized

to pressurize
  • Specialized
30 5.2
to depressurize
  • Specialized
9 6.3

Surface Forms

pressurize infinitive
pressurise infinitive
pressurized past
pressurised past
pressurized past participle
pressurised past participle
pressurizing present participle
pressurising present participle
pressurizes third person singular
pressurises third person singular

Morphology

pressurize = pressure (transparent) = pressure + ize

Formed by the productive suffix '-ize' on the noun 'pressure' meaning 'to subject to or cause pressure'; the meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

Pressurize comes from the noun pressure, which in turn comes from the verb press meaning 'to push'. So to pressurize is to 'raise or keep pressure' inside a space, which is exactly what engineers do for pipes, airplane cabins and spacecraft to control the air inside.