Antonyms for pressurize
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : presh-uh-rahyz |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɛʃ əˌraɪz |
- aid
- alleviate
- allow
- answer
- approve
- assist
- calculate
- check
- cheer
- comfort
- commend
- compliment
- crush
- defend
- delay
- delight
- demote
- deny
- destroy
- disallow
- discourage
- dissuade
- donate
- encourage
- expand
- fail
- flatter
- forget
- free
- give
- gladden
- guard
- halt
- help
- ignore
- indulge
- leave alone
- let go
- liberate
- loosen
- lose
- make happy
- measure
- neglect
- permit
- please
- praise
- prevent
- protect
- pull
- raze
- refuse
- refute
- release
- relieve
- renounce
- repress
- ruin
- save
- soothe
- stop
- surrender
- uncompress
- unscrew
- untwist
- veto
- yield
Definition of pressurize
Origin :- 1938 (implied in pressurized), from pressure (n.) + -ize. Related: Pressurizing.
- As in make : verb induce, compel
- As in press : verb pressure, trouble
- As in screw : verb pressure
- As in squeeze : verb try to get money out of
- As in threaten : verb warn, pressure
- As in coerce : verb compel, press
- As in constrain : verb force; restrain
- As in force : verb obligate to do something
- Later, in the last moments of descent, he would snap down the face plate and pressurize the suit.
- Extract from : « First on the Moon » by Jeff Sutton
Synonyms for pressurize
- abuse
- admonish
- afflict
- apply
- assail
- augur
- ban
- bar
- bear down
- bear hard on
- beg
- beset
- besiege
- bilk
- bind
- blackmail
- bleed
- bluster
- bottle up
- bridle
- bring about
- bring pressure to bear
- bring pressure to bear upon
- browbeat
- bulldoze
- bully
- burden
- buttonhole
- cause
- caution
- chain
- charge
- cheat
- check
- chisel
- choke
- coerce
- come at
- command
- comminate
- compel
- concuss
- confine
- conscript
- constrain
- constrict
- contract
- cool off
- cork
- cow
- curb
- defraud
- demand
- deny
- depress
- deprive
- disallow
- disquiet
- do
- draft
- drag
- dragoon
- drive
- effect
- eke out
- enforce
- enjoin
- entreat
- exact
- exhort
- extort
- extract
- fix
- flex muscles
- force
- forebode
- forewarn
- fulminate
- growl
- harass
- hem in
- high pressure
- hinder
- hog-tie
- hold a knife to
- hold back
- hold down
- hold in
- horn in
- immure
- impel
- implore
- importune
- impose
- impress
- imprison
- incarcerate
- inflict
- inhibit
- initiate
- insist
- insist on
- interfere
- intern
- intimidate
- jail
- keep lid on
- lean on
- limit
- look daggers
- make
- make an offer they can't refuse
- make threat
- meddle
- menace
- milk
- move
- necessitate
- oblige
- obtrude
- occasion
- oppress
- order
- overcome
- petition
- pin down
- pinch
- plague
- plead
- portend
- presage
- press
- pressure
- pressurize
- prevail upon
- push
- push around
- put half nelson on
- put screws to
- put squeeze on
- put the squeeze on
- railroad
- ream
- repress
- require
- restrict
- sadden
- sandbag
- scare
- scowl
- secure
- sell
- shake down
- shake fist at
- shotgun
- snarl
- spook
- squeeze
- start
- stifle
- strong-arm
- sue
- supplicate
- suppress
- tamper
- terrorize
- threaten
- torment
- twist one's arm
- urge
- vex
- walk heavy
- weigh down
- withhold
- work on
- worry
- wrench
- wrest
- wring
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