Usually means: Applying intense force or persuasion.
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  1. high-pressuring: Merriam-Webster
  2. high-pressuring: Dictionary.com
  3. high-pressuring: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. high-pressuring: Encyclopedia

(Note: See high-pressure as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (high-pressure)

adjective:  Operating at relatively high pressure, such as several times atmospheric pressure.
adjective:  (idiomatic) Tense; stressful.
adjective:  Involving much persuasion.
verb:  (informal, idiomatic, transitive) To coerce someone to perform or carry out an action by applying a high degree of psychological pressure.
▸ Also see high-pressure


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