high-pressure

comparative higher-pressure · superlative highest-pressure

1. Operating at relatively high pressure, such as several times atmospheric pressure.

   Antonyms: low-pressure

2. figurativelyTense; stressful.

   High-pressure situations can lead to nervous breakdowns.

3. figurativelyInvolving much persuasion.

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   High-pressure salesmanship on the part of the Electro-Motive subsidiary of the General Motors Corporation, which has built by far the largest proportion of the American diesels to date, there certainly has been - to such an extent, indeed, as to compel the old-established builders of steam locomotives, such as Baldwins, the American Locomotive Company and the Lima Locomotive Company, either to follow suit or go out of the locomotive building business altogether - [...].

   1961 February, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 85

present singular third person high-pressures · participle present high-pressuring · participle past high-pressured · past high-pressured

1. idiomaticinformaltransitiveTo coerce someone to perform or carry out an action by applying a high degree of psychological pressure.