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OVERPRESSURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A transient air pressure greater than the surrounding atmospheric pressure
Example:
the overpressure of the blast kills by lethal concussion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("overpressure" is a kind of...):
air pressure; atmospheric pressure; pressure (the pressure exerted by the atmosphere)
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