Definition of "degas" [degas]

• To remove gas from. (verb-transitive)

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• "Keep in mind that freshly roasted beans continue to "degas", releasing CO2 over the next several days after roasting (hence the one-way valves on coffee bags in some stores)."
• "Keep in mind that freshly roasted beans continue to "degas", releasing CO2 over the next several days after roasting hence the one-way valves on coffee bags in some stores."
• "That is, there seems to be a difference in isotope ratios between capturing, say, (most of) Theia's gases directly at its impact or having (most of) them degas through (and from) minerals later by the heat of impact."