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Pression

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pression"

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Word	Definition
pressurenoun	A pressing; a force applied to a surface.
actionnoun	The effort of performing or doing something.
lobbynoun	(politics) A class or group of interested people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.
strainnoun	(biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
pushnoun	An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action.
impactnoun	(figurative, proscribed) A significant or strong influence or effect.
pertusionnoun	A punched hole; a perforation.
trusionnoun	(obsolete) The act of pushing or thrusting.
impulsenoun	A wish or urge, particularly a sudden one prompting action.
forcipressurenoun	The arrest of hemorrhage by forceps compression.
prensationnoun	(obsolete) The act of seizing with violence; seizure
pressure cookernoun	(cooking) A sealed cooking vessel that allows cooking in greater than atmospheric pressure and at a temperature above the boiling point of water.
tractionnoun	Grip.
appulsionnoun	(obsolete, rare) A driving or striking against; an appulse.
pulsationnoun	The regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etc. in a living body; the pulse.
snapnoun	A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
eruptionnoun	A violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano.
full-court pressnoun	(basketball) A coordinated maneuver, involving all team members, to block or interfere with the opposing team's attempt to advance the ball down the playing court, so as to force a turnover or backcourt violation.
crushnoun	A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
pinchnoun	The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.