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DEPRESSURIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Decrease the pressure of

Example:

depressurize the cabin in the air plane

Synonyms:

decompress; depressurise; depressurize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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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