How to Use overpressure in a Sentence

overpressure

noun
  • All of us had our mouths open to keep the blast overpressure from rupturing our eardrums.
    — Elliot Ackerman, Esquire, 23 Mar. 2017
  • In space there’s no air, so all that pounds-per-square-inch overpressure damage is not going to happen.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 2 Apr. 2018
  • Adding all those bubbles can cause similar overpressure leading to a big boom. Potential Triggers That Don’t Work People have speculated about a lot of potential eruption triggers.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 22 Apr. 2020
  • Past this ring of violence, a three-square-mile area would suffer through 5 pounds per square inch of overpressure.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 2 Apr. 2018
  • This style of eruption are caused when water that seeps into the volcano heats up enough to flash into steam, causing an overpressure to the rocks above.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 7 May 2013
  • Covey said the team is hoping the void space at the top of the tank will absorb the overpressure from the curing process, preventing an explosion.
    — Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
  • If the asteroid is large enough, the overpressure would effectively pulp victims' insides.
    — Jasper Hamill, Fox News, 28 June 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, 2 Apr. 2018
  • In addition to a pop-up pressure indicator and a steam release mechanism, there is an overpressure plug that will get rid of excessive steam.
    — Michelle Love, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Aug. 2023
  • For silicic magma with no water, a thickness of 8 km is needed to reach critical overpressure, while magma with water might need as little as 3-4 km thickness.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 6 Jan. 2014
  • Reducing the amount of explosives, and changing its location, may reduce the overpressure adequately.
    — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2023
  • One estimate puts it at the equivalent of 240 tons of TNT, based on map data and the amount of overpressure required to cause the damage seen.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 5 Aug. 2020
  • The use of shock waves, or blast overpressure (BOP), kills or disables enemies with the force of the explosion, vaporizing the weapon’s plastic outer shell.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026
  • 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, 21 June 2018
  • The symptoms described by the guard could also be consistent with exposure to blast overpressure from explosions, flashbang grenades, or a combination of shock, stress, and injury during a chaotic firefight.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Jan. 2026
  • And officials on Saturday outlined a third, more optimistic potential scenario, where the cooling deluge of water from fire crews slows down the rate of the chemical reactions inside the tank, reducing the overpressure as the liquid chemicals turn to solid.
    — Sean Emery, Oc Register, 23 May 2026
  • The documents, submitted to the FAA in February, said explosions, heat plumes, blast overpressure, falling debris, noise and other issues could diminish the habitat and its animal populations.
    — Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 5 May 2022
  • The Mark 21 Mod 0 grenade system, developed by Norwegian defense contractor Nammo, is designed for use by attacking troops against enemy positions, blasting them with concussive overpressure while posing less of a danger to friendly forces.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Armed with thermobaric rockets, a full salvo can blanket roughly 40,000 square meters (430,556 square feet) in seconds, generating intense overpressure capable of destroying bunkers, fortified positions, lightly armored vehicles, and concentrations of personnel.
    — Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 19 Nov. 2025

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