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DEPRESSURIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does depressurize mean? 

DEPRESSURIZE (verb)
  The verb DEPRESSURIZE has 1 sense:

1. decrease the pressure ofplay

  Familiarity information: DEPRESSURIZE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEPRESSURIZE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they depressurize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it depressurizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: depressurized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: depressurized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: depressurizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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 "depressurize" 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 "depressurize"):

puncture (cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

pressurize (increase the pressure in or of)


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