high-pressure

[ hahy-presh-er ]

/ ˈhaɪˈprɛʃ ər /

having or involving a pressure above the normal: high-pressure steam.

vigorous; persistent; aggressive: high-pressure salesmanship.

to employ aggressively forceful and unrelenting sales tactics on (a prospective customer): high-pressured into buying a car.

Origin of high-pressure

First recorded in 1815–25

The University of Phoenix says high-pressure tactics are not tolerated.

‘Degree Mills’ Are Exploiting Veterans and Making Millions Off the GI Bill |Aaron Glantz |June 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
To raise oil from the depths, rigs often inject water at high-pressure into the wells.

Renewables Can Make Fossil Fuel More Efficient |The Daily Beast |May 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The operation, therefore, of high-pressure engines will be readily understood.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction |Various
The high-pressure belt north of these trade winds is a region of calms, which Maury called the calms of Cancer.

Meteorology |Charles Fitzhugh Talman

He recognized the signs of high-pressure, and the light in Wrayson's eyes puzzled him.

The Avenger |E. Phillips Oppenheim
The public are indebted to him for the invention of the high-pressure steam-engine and the first railway steam-carriage.

Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) |Francis Trevithick
That high-pressure engines owed their advantages mainly to a reduction of the relative importance of this latent heat.

Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) |Francis Trevithick

high-pressure

having, using, involving, or designed to withstand a pressure above normal pressure a high-pressure gas; a high-pressure cylinder

informal (of selling) persuasive in an aggressive and persistent manner