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GASSING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The deliberate act of poisoning some person or animal with gas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("gassing" is a kind of...):
poisoning (the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill)
Derivation:
gas (attack with gas; subject to gas fumes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The process of interacting with gas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("gassing" is a kind of...):
chemical action; chemical change; chemical process ((chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb gas
