gassing

Other forms: gassings

Definitions of gassing
  1. noun
    the deliberate act of poisoning some person or animal with gas
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    type of:
    poisoning
    the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill
  2. noun
    the process of interacting with gas
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    type of:
    chemical action, chemical change, chemical process
    (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved
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