apply pressure - Wordage.info - Free Thesaurus Tool for Word Discovery - Expanded Thesaurus, Reverse Dictionary Lookup

compelling collapse: tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument; "new and compelling evidence"; driving or forcing; "compelling ambition"

crisis collapse: a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something; "after the crisis the patient either dies or gets better"; an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty; "they went bankrupt during the economic crisis"

enforce collapse: ensure observance of laws and rules; "Apply the rules to everyone";; compel to behave in a certain way; "Social relations impose courtesy"

tightening collapse: the act of making something tighter; "the tightening of economic controls"

fluidity collapse: a changeable quality; "a charming Oriental fluidity of manner"; "a certain fluidness in his perception of time made him an unpredictable colleague"; "demographers try to predict social fluidity"; the property of flowing easily; "adding lead makes the alloy easier to cast because the melting point is reduced and the fluidity is increased"; "they believe that fluidity increases as the water gets warmer"

lay over collapse: interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight; "We had to stop over in Venezuela on our flight back from Brazil"

cerebral palsy collapse: a loss or deficiency of motor control with involuntary spasms caused by permanent brain damage present at birth

neuralgia collapse: acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves

multiple sclerosis collapse: a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers

lacquer collapse: a hard glossy coating; a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish; coat with lacquer; "A lacquered box from China"

crave collapse: plead or ask for earnestly; have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

crucial collapse: of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial election"; "a crucial issue for women"; having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle"; having crucial relevance; "crucial to the case"; "relevant testimony"

relate collapse: give an account of; "The witness related the events"; have or establish a relationship to; "She relates well to her peers"; be in a relationship with; "How are these two observations related?"

Rasputin collapse: Siberian peasant monk who was religious advisor in the court of Nicholas II; was assassinated by Russian noblemen who feared that his debauchery would weaken the monarchy (1872-1916)

sue collapse: French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)

enamel collapse: any smooth glossy coating that resembles ceramic glaze; a paint that dries to a hard glossy finish; hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth; a colored glassy compound (opaque or partially opaque) that is fused to the surface of metal or glass or pottery for decoration or protection; coat, inlay, or surface with enamel

shellac collapse: a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood; lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white; cover with shellac; "She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots"

millstone collapse: one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain; any load that is difficult to carry

refer collapse: think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another; "This plant can be referred to a known species"; send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision; "refer a patient to a specialist"; "refer a bill to a committee"; have to do with or be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"

fingering collapse: touching something with the fingers; the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument

Svengali collapse: the musician in a novel by George du Maurier who controls Trilby's singing hypnotically; someone (usually maleficent) who tries to persuade or force another person to do his bidding

violence collapse: an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists); "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one"; a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.

nausea collapse: disgust so strong it makes you feel sick; the state that precedes vomiting

pivotal collapse: being of crucial importance; "a pivotal event"; "Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions"- Henry Kissinger; "the polar events of this study"; "a polar principal"

inflationary spiral collapse: an episode of inflation in which prices increase at an increasing rate and currency rapidly loses value

tension collapse: the action of stretching something tight; "tension holds the belt in the pulleys"; (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body; "the direction of maximum tension moves asymptotically toward the direction of the shear"; a balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature); "there is a tension created between narrative time and movie time"; "there is a tension between these approaches to understanding history"; (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"; the physical condition of being stretched or strained; "it places great tension on the leg muscles"; "he could feel the tenseness of her body"

Wordage.info