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Definition of "gassing" []

  • Present participle of gas. (verb)
  • Poisoning by noxious gas. (noun)
  • The liberation of hydrogen from an overcharged battery due to electrolysis of the electrolyte. (noun)
  • The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibres. (noun)
  • Any similar process of singeing. (noun)

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Use "gassing" in a sentence
  • "That was impressive with all the toxic fumes off-gassing from the new products."
  • "The FBI was duplicitous and negligent in gassing Mt. Cannel – and that alone could have started the fire that killed seventy-six people."
  • "lying to Americans about Iraq and WMD- What do you call gassing his own people?"