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=== Assistant: ضغط to press, compress ===
ضغط (to press, compress)

in everyday arabic, ضغط is used for physical pressure, such as pressing an object, squeezing something tight, or applying force to make things compact. it is also used figuratively for psychological or social pressure, like being under stress, being forced into a decision, or being constrained by circumstances. in classical usage it carries the sense of forces closing in, reducing space, or compelling movement or change through applied weight or intensity.

within this loci set, the dominant pattern is one of compression, forcing, narrowing, and constraint, surrounded by actions like weakening, cracking, hardening, rejecting, deceiving, and transgressing. pressure explains how these verbs cohere: things are pushed, strained, distorted, or driven past limits. the apex verb captures both the physical mechanics and the experiential reality implied by the set as a whole.