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- verb Alternative spelling of
depressurize .
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- verb decrease the pressure of
Etymologies
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Examples
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It put test subjects in a metabolic chamber (the kind divers use to depressurise) and had them drink three Envigas and eat a set diet during a 24-hour period.
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Free gas recovery would depressurise the reservoir, leading to hydrate melting at the hydrate - free gas interface and thus to free gas replenishment.
Chapter 9 2000
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He must check the suit, depressurise the capsule, and open the hatch - which, luckily, was almost full-length.
The Fountains of Paradise Clarke, Arthur C. 1979
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A passenger on a charter flight in northern Canada forced open the aircraft's door and leapt to his death, making the freezing cabin depressurise at 23,000 feet.
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Oxygen masks did not drop, and the plane did not depressurise, the report says.
News24 Top Stories 2009
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According to Chinese press reports, more than 30 technologies will be tested during the mission, including a Chinese made airlock which will depressurise an orbital module ahead of the walk and repressurise it after it is over.
News24 2008
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He added: "Once a fault like this happens you have to depressurise the reactor, which takes about a week.
unknown title 2009
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