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pressurized

 adjective
     
Related topics: Air
pres‧sur‧ized also pressurised British English
1TTAH if a container or space is pressurized, the air, gas, or liquid inside it is kept at a controlled pressure:
a pressurized aircraft cabin
a pressurized water reactor
2 British English feeling worried, or making you feel worried, because of the number of things you have to do [= pressured]:
I feel very pressurized at the moment.
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