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compressive
com·pres·sive [ kəm préssiv ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
compressing: having the power or tendency to compress
[14th century. Via French< medieval Latin compressivus< Latin compress- (see compression)]

com·pres·sive·ly adverb
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