verb (used with object), pres·sur·ized, pres·sur·iz·ing.
- to raise the internal atmospheric pressure of to the required or desired level: to pressurize an astronaut’s spacesuit before a walk in space.
- to maintain normal air pressure in (the cockpit or cabin of an airplane) at high altitudes.
- to apply pressure to (a gas or liquid); supercharge.
- to pressure-cook.
verb (tr)
- to increase the pressure in (an enclosure, such as an aircraft cabin) in order to maintain approximately atmospheric pressure when the external pressure is low
- to increase pressure on (a fluid)
- to make insistent demands of (someone); coerce
1938 (implied in pressurized), from pressure (n.) + -ize. Related: Pressurizing.