0 present participle of pressure
1 to strongly persuade someone to do something they do not want to do:
They were rarely implemented until development agencies began pressuring the local government in the late 1990s.
Originally, opposition to the dam focused on pressuring executive branch officials who might be in a position to protect the site from development.
Behaviors that inhibit autonomy include recanting without having been persuaded, overpersonalizing the argument, and using pressuring statements.
An energy cost charge is added whenever lifting and pressuring is required.
As we shall see, this perception is tied to the prevalent practice in the field of pressuring divorcees to reach an agreement.
The struggle to direct and generate public action persisted well into 1980, with various networks of easterners pressuring the regime for the amelioration of political and social grievances.
At the national level, domestic groups pursue their interests by pressuring the government to adopt favourable policies, and politicians seek power by constructing coalitions among those groups.
Northern environmentalists have been pressuring their governments to force these countries to upgrade their environmental standards and have found unnatural allies in the disgruntled producers.
