The pressure of circumstances

rush, confusion, strain; see haste 2.

Publishing as a social institution

the Fourth Estate, publishers, publicists, newsmen, newspapermen, journalists, journalistic writers, editors, correspondents, political writers, columnists, periodicals, print media, periodical press, papers, newspapers; see also reporter.

A printing press

Types of presses include: rotary, web, automatic, hand, unit-type, multicolor, twelve cylinder, twenty-four cylinder, universal-unit multi-color, flatbed, high-speed, rotogravure;

To subject to pressure

thrust, crowd, bear upon, bear down on, squeeze, hold down, pin down, screw down, force down, throng, crush, drive, weight, urge; see also compress, push 1.

Antonyms raise*, release*, relieve. *

To smooth, usually by heat and pressure

finish, mangle, roll; see iron, smooth 1.

To embrace

clasp, encircle, enfold; see caress, hold 1, hug, touch 1. See syn. study at urge.