high-pressure

== English == === Adjective === high-pressure (not comparable) Operating at relatively high pressure, such as several times atmospheric pressure. (idiomatic) Tense; stressful. Involving much persuasion. ==== Antonyms ==== low-pressure === Verb === high-pressure (third-person singular simple present high-pressures, present participle high-pressuring, simple past and past participle high-pressured) (informal, idiomatic, transitive) To coerce someone to perform or carry out an action by applying a high degree of psychological pressure. ==== Translations ==== === References === “high-pressure”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.