counter-pressure
noun[C]
(alsocounterpressure)uk/ˈkaʊn.təˌpreʃ.ər/us/ˈkaʊn.t̬ɚˌpreʃ.ɚ/counter-pressurenoun[C](persuading)
[CorU]
theactoftryingto make someone do something byarguing,persuading, etc. when this isoppositeto what someoneelseistryingto make them do :
Thepoliticalpressuresand counterpressuresprovedtoo much for him.
Themovehasprovokedfiercelobbyingand counter-pressure in thecorridorsof the UN.
- Hewantstosupportcivilliberties, but he's getting counterpressures fromelementsof hiscabinet.
- However, counter-pressure by theproducerswhosupportedthechangeledto anotherreversal.
Causing somebody to act
- arm-twisting
- bludgeon
- bounce
- bouncesomeoneintosomething
- bulldoze
- bully
- holdsomeoneto ransomidiom
- impel
- impose
- jolt
- kick
- railroad
- reduce
- reducesomeonetosomething
- reimpose
- reimposition
- screw
- slap
- squeeze
- trap
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Urging & persuading
counter-pressurenoun[C](pushing)
[U]
physicalpressureagainst something that ispushingin theoppositedirection:
It iswisetoapplycounter-pressure to thetapwhile using thespanner.
- Thepressureof anemergingtoothmay berelievedby counter-pressure, soteethingbabiesoftenwanttochewon things.
- In somecases,physicalcounterpressure such aselasticstockingsmay berequired.
- It isimportantthat counterpressure by the non-pullinghandismaintainedthroughouttraction.
Physics: energy, force & power
- anti-gravity
- attract
- attraction
- bar magnet
- barometric pressure
- dynamo
- fundamental force
- G-force
- gravitational
- high-impact
- incident
- meltdown
- propulsion
- stored energy
- surface tension
- thermodynamic
- transduce
- transduction
- unexcited
- unipolar