pressurize
Example Sentences
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In the pitch black of the mine, mud-splattered men with headlamps drill into the rock in two-man teams, using hydro drills with long, thin nozzles that shoot out pressurized water to loosen the ore.
The sole stairway itself must either be pressurized to keep out the smoke or open air.
From Los Angeles Times
Marshals Service to take her hand-held pressurized piercing instrument into the courtroom.
“Headwinds from newly imposed tariffs have pressurized global supply chains and layered additional complications” on First Brands’ operations, its bankruptcy filing states.
From Los Angeles Times
Oklo’s liquid sodium-cooled fast reactors use sodium as a heat transfer liquid and coolant, which allows them to operate at high temperatures without being pressurized, unlike conventional reactors.
From Barron's
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