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high-pressuring

Variant of high-pressure

adjective

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

transitive verb high-pressured, high-pressuring

Informal to urge or persuade with such methods or arguments
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