repressurize

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verb

To return to a pressurized state, especially after being depressurized.

OriginEnglish pressurize ← Latin pressūra ← Proto-Italic *pres- →
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Meanings

verbrepressurize (third-person singular simple present repressurizes, present participle repressurizing, simple past and past participle repressurized)

present singular third person repressurizes · participle present repressurizing · participle past repressurized · past repressurized · alternative repressurise

  1. To return to a pressurized state, especially after being depressurized.

    Once the lava erupts, the pressure is relieved and magma starts to fill into the shallow storage zone below -- repressurizing the system and setting the stage for the next eruption.

    2025 July 16, Julia Jacobo, “Icelandic volcano erupts again, prompting evacuations at nearby town and Blue Lagoon”, in ABC News

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*per-?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pres-
  8. Proto-Italic*pres-
  9. Latinpremō
  10. Latinpressūra
  11. Englishpressure
  12. Englishpressurize
  13. Englishrepressurize

From re- + pressurize.

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APA

repressurize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repressurize

MLA

“repressurize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repressurize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “repressurize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repressurize.

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