high-pressuring

Variant of high-pressure

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 high-pressured -·sured, high-pressuring -·suring

Informal to urge or persuade with such methods or arguments

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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