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high-pressure
[ hahy-presh-er ]
adjective
- having or involving a pressure above the normal:
high-pressure steam.
- vigorous; persistent; aggressive:
high-pressure salesmanship.
verb (used with object)
- to employ aggressively forceful and unrelenting sales tactics on (a prospective customer):
high-pressured into buying a car.
high-pressure
adjective
- having, using, involving, or designed to withstand a pressure above normal pressure
a high-pressure cylinder
a high-pressure gas
- informal.(of selling) persuasive in an aggressive and persistent manner
Word History and Origins
Origin of high-pressure1
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Example Sentences
The University of Phoenix says high-pressure tactics are not tolerated.
To raise oil from the depths, rigs often inject water at high-pressure into the wells.
Pumping high-pressure fluids into the rock causes fractures, which makes extracting the fossil fuels more efficient.
There is definitely excess in this business, and high pressure.
It gives you a sense of patience for the ups and downs of the high pressure moments of the campaign.
With him one is at high pressure all the time, and I have gained a good many more ideas from him than I can work up in a hurry.
Trevithick's high-pressure steam boring engine enabled him to penetrate the rock five times as fast as the quarryman's power.
The use of the high-pressure steam agricultural engine was not confined to Cornwall.
This was probably the first application of high-pressure steam to give motion to pump-rods.
The Herland 33-inch pole high-pressure expansive steam puffer-engine commenced its up-stroke with steam of 150 lbs.
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