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pressure noun anxiety, anxiousness, brunt, brute force, burden, coercion, compulsion, constraining force, constraint, controlling power, crisis, drive, duress, exertion, exhortation, exigency, force, hardship, heaviness, hindrance, imperativeness, importunateness, influentiality, insistence, intensity, intimidation, load, necessity, need, obligation, oppression, persuasion, pondus, power, power of directing, power of impelling, press, pull, push, strain, stress, sway, tension, undue influunce, urgency, vis, weight
Associated concepts: undue influence

pressure verb adjure, advocate, bear down, beg, blandish, cajole, coax, coerce, command, compel, constrain, drive, entreat, exhort, force, goad, implore, influence, insist, intimidate, oppress, persuade, plead, press, prod, push, request, solicit, stress, urge
Associated concepts: coercion, duress, intimidation, undue influence

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pressure (redirected from pleural pressure)

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