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high-pressure Definition

☆ high-pressure (hī′pres̸h′ər)

adjective

    1. having, using, or withstanding a high or relatively high pressure
    2. having or indicating a high barometric pressure
  2. using or applying forcefully persuasive or insistent methods or arguments high-pressure sales techniques

transitive verb -·sured, -·suring

Informal to urge or persuade with such methods or arguments

high-pressure Synonyms

high-pressure

modif.

forceful, potent, compelling; see powerful 1.

high-pressure* Synonyms

high-pressure*

v.

plead, adjure, ask; see urge 2.

high-pressure Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • hose: Don't using high-pressure hoses on slabs to avoid damage to the pointing.
  • pipeline: Five utility workers were killed when an excavator digging a trench for a new water main ruptured a high-pressure petroleum pipeline.
  • steam: Without high-pressure steam, the age of the locomotive would not have dawned.
  • tactic: No more life insurance agents hovering at your kitchen table or using high-pressure sales tactics.
  • selling: I am not talking here about high-pressure selling in a more general sense, however distasteful some of us may find that.
  • laminate: Only in a second stage is this so-called high-pressure laminate glued to the core layer.

Modifying Another Word

very: A little closer to home, some antique dealers in the Winchester area are using very high-pressure tactics.