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Gassing

noun

The process of interacting with gas.

The deliberate act of poisoning some person or animal with gas.

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"Gassing" Quotes from Famous Books

... darling. Don't worry. We can nip off secretly by the other door. He's not going to stop us. He's got a girl with him! The old boy has come to life—absolutely! He's gassing away sixteen to the dozen to a frightfully pretty girl with gold hair. If you slew the old bean round at an angle of about forty-five, Bevan, old top, you can see her. Take a look. He won't see you. He's ...

— A Damsel in Distress • Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

... mean old Savary, who was always gassing about his descent from NAPOLEON'S General? I think he went back to Paris ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, Jan. 1, 1919 • Various

... there was a terrific burst of rifle fire. We recognized the "chop" of the Ross rifle and knew that our men were in action at the extreme angle of the salient. Major Marshall telephoned me from his headquarters that the Germans were gassing and that they were following up ...

— The Red Watch - With the First Canadian Division in Flanders • J. A. Currie

Words linked to "Gassing" : chemical action, chemical process, chemical change, gas, poisoning