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Pressure

noun

The force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit). Synonyms: force per unit area, pressure level.

A force that compels.

The act of pressing; the exertion of pressure. Synonyms: press, pressing. "He used pressure to stop the bleeding" , "At the pressing of a button"

The state of demanding notice or attention. Synonyms: imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press. "The press of business matters"

The somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin. Synonym: pressure sensation.

An oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress.

The pressure exerted by the atmosphere. Synonyms: air pressure, atmospheric pressure.

verb

To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :. Synonyms: coerce, force, hale, squeeze. "He squeezed her for information"

Exert pressure on someone through threats. Synonyms: blackjack, blackmail.

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"Pressure" Quotes from Famous Books

... and smooth, and care should be taken to keep it sweet and clean. At this period a moderate looseness, and a copious flow of saliva, are favourable symptoms. With a view to promote the latter, the child should be suffered to gnaw such substances as tend to mollify the gums, and by their pressure to facilitate the appearance of the teeth. A piece of liquorice or marshmallow root will be serviceable, or the gums may be softened and relaxed by rubbing them ...

— The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, • Mary Eaton

... rebellion she had no doubt. She was well enough aware of the claims of Jethro's dead father to the leadership, abandoned for three thousand pounds and marriage with herself; and she was also aware that while her father's mysterious isolation might possibly have developed a reverence for him, yet active pressure and calumny might well have done its work. Also, if the marriage was repudiated, Jethro would be justified in resuming the family ...

— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker

... container cover, it was as firm as if it had been welded on. But then, if the cover had been closed in the thin atmosphere of 65,000 feet, it would be held on by the terrific pressure of a column of air ...

— Warning from the Stars • Ron Cocking

... his fervent hand, and was surprised at the almost masculine sincerity with which the delicately gloved fingers returned the pressure. He looked into the blue eyes with a challenging scrutiny, and received as ...

— The Voice on the Wire • Eustace Hale Ball

... Heath Matthew Clark cutting the throat of Sarah Goldington A Prisoner Under Pressure in Newgate The Hangman arrested when attending John Meff to Tyburn Stephen Gardiner making his dying speech at Tyburn Jack Sheppard in the Stone Room in Newgate Trial of a Highwayman at the Old Bailey Jonathan Wild pelted by the mob on his way to Tyburn ...

— Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences • Arthur L. Hayward

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