OVERPRESSURE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A transient air pressure greater than the surrounding atmospheric pressure

Example:

the overpressure of the blast kills by lethal concussion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("overpressure" is a kind of...):

air pressure; atmospheric pressure; pressure (the pressure exerted by the atmosphere)

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