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Syllable division and stress derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
high-pressure is an adjective meaning "aggressively and persistently persuasive". It carries one recorded sense.
aggressively and persistently persuasive
“a hard-hitting advertising campaign”
“a high-pressure salesman”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for high-pressure come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.