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DEPRESSURISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does depressurise mean?
• DEPRESSURISE (verb)
The verb DEPRESSURISE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: DEPRESSURISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |




Past simple: depressurised


Past participle: depressurised


-ing form: depressurising


Sense 1
Meaning:
Decrease the pressure of
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
decompress; depressurise; depressurize
Context example:
depressurize the cabin in the air plane
Hypernyms (to "depressurise" is one way to...):
adjust; correct; set (alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "depressurise"):
puncture (cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
pressurise (increase the pressure in or of)
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