overpressure
noun
over·pres·sure
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Definition of overpressure
: pressure significantly above what is usual or normal
Examples of overpressure in a Sentence
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In space there’s no air, so all that pounds-per-square-inch overpressure damage is not going to happen. — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, "Hollywood Has No Idea How Nukes Work," 2 Apr. 2018 When a man hiding in a fridge is swept by this overpressure wave, he’ll certainly be battered to death inside a tumbling, irradiated oven. — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, "Hollywood Has No Idea How Nukes Work," 2 Apr. 2018 If the asteroid is large enough, the overpressure would effectively pulp victims' insides. — Jasper Hamill, Fox News, "7 terrifying ways that asteroids could wipe out life on our planet revealed," 28 June 2018 Each 500-pound bomb was set to detonate just above its target for maximum lethality, operating more through overpressure than fragmentation. — William Langewiesche, The Atlantic, "An Extraordinarily Expensive Way to Fight ISIS," 21 June 2018 Past this ring of violence, a three-square-mile area would suffer through 5 pounds per square inch of overpressure. — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, "Hollywood Has No Idea How Nukes Work," 2 Apr. 2018 A second valve, designed to relieve overpressure, opened properly but failed to close when the pressure dropped below safe levels. — Washington Post, "AP WAS THERE: Three Mile Island nuclear power plant accident," 30 May 2017 A bomb that kills through overpressure, the MOAB is well suited for destroying cave complexes. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "U.S. Air Force Drops the Largest Conventional Bomb Ever Used in Combat," 13 Apr. 2017 All of us had our mouths open to keep the blast overpressure from rupturing our eardrums. — Elliot Ackerman, Esquire, "Goodbye, My Brother," 23 Mar. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'overpressure.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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