Definition of "pressure"

When the pressure of danger was not felt.

1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 16, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans

Hostile forces are putting pressure on our people. Take out their supply line to give our troops room to breathe.

2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, PC, scene: Disrupt Enemy Supplies

My people's pressures are grievous.

1649, Eikon Basilike

In the midst of his great troubles and pressures.

October 31, 1708, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd before the Queen at St. James's

Thirty-five years ago, many journeys around London meant having to pass through the centre of the capital. That's no longer the case, which takes real pressure off the city's termini as well as underground routes such as the Circle Line.

2020 May 20, Paul Bigland, “East London Line's renaissance”, in Rail, page 49

All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past.

c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act I, scene v]