pressurized
brought to and maintained at an atmospheric pressure higher than that of the surroundings: cooking with pressurized steam.
maintained at an air pressure comfortable for breathing: a pressurized cabin and cockpit; a pressurized suit for diving.
Informal. subject or subjected to undue pressure or harassment: the pressurized milieu of big business.
Origin of pressurized
1Other words from pressurized
- un·pres·sur·ized, adjective
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How to use pressurized in a sentence
Actually, one of the two sewage line breaks in Tijuana is on a section of pressurized pipe that sends sewage to Punta Bandera.
Onslaught of Tijuana Sewage Heads for San Diego Coastline | MacKenzie Elmer | August 2, 2022 | Voice of San DiegoThe Hydra’s body accommodates four pressurized water hose lines which run behind it.
Testing the craft on Earth required a pressurized room, from which a lot of air would have been extracted to emulate Mars’s atmosphere.
A Helicopter Flew on Mars for the First Time. A Space Physicist Explains Why That’s Such a Big Deal | Gail Iles | April 23, 2021 | Singularity HubIt runs on combustible poison—ammonia and pressurized hydrogen.
American Dreams: ‘The Mosquito Coast’ by Paul Theroux | Nathaniel Rich | September 20, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut he got a surprise; in the first place the thing didn't work, so he said the whole tunnel was probably pressurized.
The Brain | Alexander Blade
There were ten passengers in the little pressurized cabin of the electric bus that shuttled between the rocket field and Marsport.
Police Your Planet | Lester del ReyMeanwhile, Charles had covertly examined Lee's booty: a pressurized syringe labeled morphine sulfate sol.
The Syndic | C.M. KornbluthHe set course for Mojave and was nearly ready to transmit when a bark of static filled the pressurized control bubble.
A Fine Fix | R. C. NollPain shot through Dirrul's mind as he carried Glenna into the pressurized chamber under the control room.
The Instant of Now | Irving E. Cox, Jr.
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