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high-pressure

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high-pres·sure (hprshr)
adj.
1. Of or relating to pressures higher than normal, especially higher than atmospheric pressure.
2. Informal
a. Using aggressive, persistent persuasive tactics: a high-pressure salesperson.
b. Full of or imposing great stress or tension: a high-pressure job.
tr.v. high-pres·sured, high-pres·sur·ing, high-pres·sures Informal
To attempt to sell (something) or persuade (someone) by using aggressive, persistent tactics.

high-pressure
adj
1. (Physics / General Physics) having, using, involving, or designed to withstand a pressure above normal pressure a high-pressure gas a high-pressure cylinder
2. Informal (of selling) persuasive in an aggressive and persistent manner
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.high-pressure - aggressively and persistently persuasive; "a hard-hitting advertising campaign"; "a high-pressure salesman"
aggressive - having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends; "an aggressive businessman"; "an aggressive basketball player"; "he was aggressive and imperious; positive in his convictions"; "aggressive drivers"

high-pressure (Informal)
adjective forceful, aggressive, compelling, intensive, persistent, persuasive, high-powered, insistent, bludgeoning, pushy (informal), in-your-face (slang), coercive, importunate They use high-pressure sales tactics.
Translations
high-pressure [ˈhaɪˈpreʃəʳ] ADJde alta presión (fig) → enérgico, dinámico
high-pressure salesmanvendedor m agresivo
high-pressure sellingventa f agresiva
high-pressure [ˌhaɪˈprɛʃəʳ] adjad alta pressione (fig) → aggressivo/a
high-pressure [ˌhaɪˈprɛʃəʳ] adjad alta pressione (fig) → aggressivo/a


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She was a frigate of great speed, fitted with high-pressure engines which admitted a pressure of seven atmospheres.
THE Messenger was one among a crowd of high-pressure steamboats, clustered together by a wharf-side, which, looked down upon from the rising ground that forms the landing-place, and backed by the lofty bank on the opposite side of the river, appeared no larger than so many floating models.
You are to understand'--snorted Pancks, feverishly unfolding papers, and speaking in short high-pressure blasts of sentences,
 
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