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pressurize

verb as in squeeze

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Stephen, recruited for his ability to provide the necessary tools, had produced a 100-tonne jack, explosives, and a thermal lance, which heats and melts steel with pressurized oxygen to create very high temperatures.

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A Santa Barbara County Superior Court jury found Plains All American guilty on multiple criminal counts, including the failure to maintain its highly pressurized pipeline — a felony.

The pressurized tanks, he said, can cause an explosion.

Certainly, the Dodgers have an awesome lineup of their own, capable of scoring at least five runs a night even in a pressurized October setting.

And can you imagine the backlash if he were brought in to pitch in that very pressurized situation and then proceeded to blow it?

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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