high-pressured 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of high-pressurednext
as in intensive

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high-pressured

2 of 2

verb

past tense of high-pressure
1
as in marketed

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2
as in threatened

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high-pressured
  1. intensive
  2. marketed
  3. threatened
  4. intense
  5. terrorized
  6. concentrated
  7. blackmailed
  8. frenetic
Adjective
  • Read More: How Leaked Police Interviews with Benjamin Netanyahu Became ‘The Bibi Files’ The only other Gaza City hospital with a NICU, Al-Sahaba hospital, operates under limited capacity, and is only able to offer basic level one care to infants— those without complex or intensive medical needs.
    Juwayriah Wright, TIME, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The company also provides intensive and critical care units; cardiovascular, digestive disease, neurosciences, musculoskeletal and obstetrics services; and outpatient services like physical therapy.
    Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of intensive
Verb
  • Claiming all sorts of health benefits for these accumulators, Reich marketed them.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 8 Dec. 2024
  • The toy from decades back was marketed as an educational product for budding scientists as, at that time, atomic bombs were relatively new.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of marketed
Verb
  • After years of delays, a federal settlement filed by the center and won in 2022 mandated the government to decide whether to list monarchs as threatened by September 2024.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The blaze also shut down a portion of the Pacific Coast Highway, a key artery in and out of the city, as flames leaped across it and threatened the Malibu Pier, a popular tourist attraction.
    Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of threatened
Adjective
  • The warm front is a sharp contrast to the close of last week when an arctic surge swept across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic with snow squalls, whiteouts and intense bursts of wind that left 20 million Americans under winter weather warnings or advisories.
    Susan Miller, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Becoming a professor requires years and years of intense study, often carried out in isolation and poverty.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of intense
Verb
  • For over a year, a serial killer terrorized Los Angeles — until its residents took him down.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The Syrian civil war, up to last week, was the tedious winnowing process in which the Assad government bombed, killed, and terrorized Syrians into either fleeing the country or submitting to him.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of terrorized
Adjective
  • There could be more a lot more research on these concentrated new products.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • However, fruit juices tend to be a more concentrated source of sugar than whole fruits.
    Merve Ceylan, Health, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of concentrated
Verb
  • They were lied to, threatened, blackmailed and plied with alcohol and drugs.
    Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Meanwhile, Jack makes significant headway with the rogue juror, who admits that she was blackmailed into lying about Erin because her parents are being held hostage in Mexico.
    EW.com, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of blackmailed
Adjective
  • Sears does an excellent job with his role, capturing Johnny’s frenetic desperation to remain afloat in the clan’s fetid storm, but this critic, at least, wanted more for this character.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Now that Soto has agreed to a historic 15-year, $765 million contract with the New York Mets, Alonso emerges as a desirable option for several ball clubs given the frenetic spending spree that is likely to occur prior to the holidays.
    Wayne G. McDonnell, Jr., Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of frenetic
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