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  1. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Fig.: Urgent; intense; as, a high-pressure business or social life. Source: opted
  3. 3. adj. aggressively and persistently persuasive Source: wordnet
  4. 4. 1. 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. Fig.: Urgent; intense; as, a high-pressure business or social life. High-pressure engine, an engine in which steam at high pressure is used. It may be either a condensing or a noncondensing engine. Formerly the term was used only of the latter. See Steam engine. Source: webster
  5. 5. j:89/n:11 s aggressively and persistently persuasive Source: ecdict

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