pressure-cooking

Definition of pressure-cookingnext
present participle of pressure-cook

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pressure-cooking
steaming
Verb
  • Instead, he was bundled off in the middle of the night to the USS Iwo Jima steaming offshore in the Caribbean and then a flight to Stewart Air National Guard Base in the Hudson Valley on his way to a New York jail cell to await his trial.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2026
  • The extra hydration and water vapor from a steaming mug of tea help thin the mucus.
    Angela Ryan Lee, Verywell Health, 31 Dec. 2025
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“Pressure-cooking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressure-cooking. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.

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