pressurized

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If a container, etc. is pressurized, the air pressure inside it is higher than the air pressure outside it:

a pressurized tank

Aircraft cabins are pressurized.

difficult to deal with, especially because there are a lot of things to do or difficult decisions to make:

In head office everything's very pressurized, with deadlines left, right, and centre.

He has performed best under the most pressurized circumstances.