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1. pressure, pressure level, force per unit area -- (the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit); "the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure").
2. pressure -- (a force that compels; "the public brought pressure to bear on the government").
3. press, pressure, pressing -- (the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button").
4. imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure -- (the state of urgently demanding notice or attention; "the press of business matters").
5. pressure, pressure sensation -- (the somatic sensation of pressure; "the sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature was normal").
6. pressure -- (an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress).

1. coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force -- (to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information").
2. blackmail, blackjack, pressure -- (exert pressure on someone through threats).

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