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# pressurise

verb (pressurise, pressurises, pressurised, pressurising); US spelling pressurize

«pressurise» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (UK, Ireland, Australia) To try to make someone do something by pushing or persuading them hard; to pressure. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pressurise/#m1)
2. To keep the air pressure inside an aeroplane, spacesuit or container at a set level, usually higher than outside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pressurise/#m2)

### In the lessons

In PSHE and safety lessons: friends may pressurise you to do something you don't want to; it is fine to say no. In science lessons: aeroplane cabins and spacesuits are pressurised so people can breathe high up; aerosol cans are pressurised.

### Examples

- Don't let anyone pressurise you into doing something unsafe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pressurise/#x1)
- The older kids pressurised him to skip school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pressurise/#x2)
- Aeroplane cabins are pressurised. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pressurise/#x3)
- The can is pressurised, so never put it in a fire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pressurise/#x4)
- Astronauts' suits are pressurised. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pressurise/#x5)
- I felt pressurised to agree with everyone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pressurise/#x6)

### Note

Regular verb; -ise in UK spelling. In US English, «pressure» is more common as the verb for people (they pressured him), and «pressurize» for air. Safety: pressurised cans can explode if heated.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pressurise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pressurise/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pressurise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pressurise.html) on Mova free.