English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “pressurize”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for pressurize is pres-sur-ize, with 2 possible break points in this result.

US English hyphenation
pres-sur-ize
3 segments2 break points
British English pattern result pres-sur-ize The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Wordpressurize
Hyphenationpres-sur-ize
Break points2
Part of speechverb
Pronunciationˈprɛʃərʌɪz
Meaning & usage

What does “pressurize” mean?

pressurize: produce or maintain raised pressure artificially in (a gas or its container).

Headwordpressurize
Part of speechverb
Pronunciationˈprɛʃərʌɪz
1
verb

produce or maintain raised pressure artificially in (a gas or its container).

Example: “the mixture was pressurized to 1,900 atmospheres”

2
verb

attempt to persuade or coerce (someone) into doing something.

Example: “don't let anyone pressurize you into snap decisions”

Word breaks

How “pressurize” is split

pres·sur·ize

For US English, the hyphenation result is pres-sur-ize. This gives 2 possible line-break points in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

Quick answers

Questions about “pressurize”

How do you hyphenate “pressurize”?

In the US-English result used here, pressurize is hyphenated as pres-sur-ize.

Where can “pressurize” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 2 possible break points.

What does “pressurize” mean?

produce or maintain raised pressure artificially in (a gas or its container).

Can you use “pressurize” in a sentence?

“the mixture was pressurized to 1,900 atmospheres”

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