depressurize
verb
de·pres·sur·ize
(ˌ)dē-ˈpre-shə-ˌrīz 
depressurized; depressurizing; depressurizes
: to release pressure from
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The first spacewalks like Gemini instead just depressurized the entire spacecraft—meaning if something happened with the suits, the astronauts didn’t have a safe haven to retreat to quickly.
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Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2024
That meant that when the hatch was opened, the entire vehicle was depressurized and exposed to vacuum conditions.
—Lester Holt, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2024
That meant that all four members of the Polaris Dawn mission wore spacesuits during the spacewalk and that the entire capsule was depressurized to vacuum conditions.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2024
It had gotten ripped off as the cabin was depressurized.
—David Goldman, CNN, 12 Sep. 2024
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Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2024
That meant that when the hatch was opened, the entire vehicle was depressurized and exposed to vacuum conditions.
—Lester Holt, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2024
That meant that all four members of the Polaris Dawn mission wore spacesuits during the spacewalk and that the entire capsule was depressurized to vacuum conditions.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2024
It had gotten ripped off as the cabin was depressurized.
—David Goldman, CNN, 12 Sep. 2024
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“Depressurize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/depressurize. Accessed 13 Nov. 2024.
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depressurize
verb
de·pres·sur·ize
(ˈ)dē-ˈpresh-ə-ˌrīz
: to release (as an aircraft with near-normal atmospheric pressure) from pressure
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