gassing
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English
Definitions
verb
- To kill with poisonous gas.
- To talk in a boastful or vapid way; chatter.
- To impose upon by talking boastfully.
- To emit gas.βThe battery cell was gassing.β
verb
- To give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it.βThe cops are coming. Gas it!β
- To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel.
noun
- Poisoning by noxious gas.
- The liberation of hydrogen from an overcharged battery due to electrolysis of the electrolyte.
- The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibres.
- Any similar process of singeing.
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Synonyms
enhit the gasstep on the gasrefuelkilledgas chambersmotherationarizona perfumelethal chamberstinkbombenvenomizationenvenomisationpoisondying gaspsuffocationenvenomingsmokingchemical bomb
Associated
exterminationeuthanasiaauschwitzcrematoriummonoxidecorroboratedcorpseslethalghettocommandantstarvationshells