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High-Pressure
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(a.) Having or involving a pressure greatly exceeding that of the atmosphere; - said of steam, air, water, etc., and of steam, air, or hydraulic engines, water wheels, etc.
(2):
(a.) Fig.: Urgent; intense; as, a high-pressure business or social life.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'High-Pressure'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/h/high-pressure.html. 1828.