depressurise

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A form of depressurize — To reduce the air pressure within a chamber.

Opposite
Scrabble 15

Meanings

verbdepressurise (third-person singular simple present depressurises, present participle depressurising, simple past and past participle depressurised)

present singular third person depressurises · participle present depressurising · participle past depressurised · past depressurised

  1. UKalternativeAlternative spelling of depressurize.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbdecrease the pressure of

Opposite

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*per-?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pres-
  9. Proto-Italic*pres-
  10. Latinpremō
  11. Latinpressūra
  12. Englishpressure
  13. Englishpressurise
  14. Englishdepressurise

From de- + pressurise.

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APA

depressurise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depressurise

MLA

“depressurise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depressurise. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “depressurise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depressurise.

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