In that hot, high-pressure atmosphere of almost pure carbon dioxide, the metal of the ancient spacecraft had held up astoundingly well.

They appeared cracked and damaged from the shock wave, white jets of high-pressure atmosphere bursting out from breaches in the spherical hulls.

It took only a few seconds to pump out the high-pressure toxic atmosphere and let in the oxygen-nitrogen mixture.

The match-play, single-elimination format is expected to create a high-pressure atmosphere from the opening round.

Watching Wie beat him by two strokes in the high-pressure atmosphere gave Davidson an appreciation of Wie's ability.

A similar process also occurs in the high-pressure rhetorical atmosphere surrounding that much-hated plant on the Hudson.

There were too many other things to alter his perceptions-the high-pressure atmosphere, the injuries he had received, and the nagging tension and fear he lived with.

Eighteen moons orbited around it, two of which had high-pressure atmospheres of nitrogen and methane.

Above him, the structural integrity field crackled back into place- still struggling to keep the high-pressure atmosphere at bay, but undeniably once again functioning.

Poker A high-stakes card game played in a high-pressure atmosphere.