to gas
- verb
- /ɡæs/
- Offensive
- Failing that, he'll just gas them to death.
- gas people
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Examples
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The gorillas beat him to death before the zoo keepers could gas them all.
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I mean, even if they gas him to knock him out, they'll bring him back.
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We're gonna gas 'em, we're gonna gas 'em all.
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Nearly gas me to death.
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"I gas dogs and cats for a living," I begin.
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Gas him first, or you won't manage.
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Gas him first.
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The military decided to gas the enemy troops using chemical weapons.
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In the tense standoff, authorities threatened to gas the suspects if they did not surrender.
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During the conflict, reports indicated that they planned to gas the bunker to force a retreat.
Synonyms
To spray a chemical at people to make them cough and move away
To use tear gas to make a crowd leave a place
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
To press the pedal in a car to make it go faster or hurry to finish something
Compounds
A gas that makes people's eyes burn and makes them cry, used by police to break up crowds
- Specialized
A very large planet like Jupiter or Saturn made mostly of light gases that has no solid surface
- NSFW
A harmful gas used as a weapon that can kill or make people very sick if they breathe it
- Specialized
A gas with no color that dentists give to patients to breathe so they relax and sometimes laugh
- Specialized
An engine that burns fuel to make hot gas that spins a wheel with blades
- Specialized
A device that fires small gas containers like tear gas to make crowds move away
- Offensive
A very strong poison used as a weapon that attacks the nerves and can kill by touching skin or breathing
- Specialized
An imaginary gas made of tiny particles that take up no space and do not affect each other
- Archaic
A gas that forms when steam passes over hot coal and burns as a fuel in industry
- Archaic
A gas produced by passing air over hot coal and used in the past for lighting and heating
- Specialized
A device that sends gas through a small opening to make a steady flame for heat or light
- Specialized
A bad-smelling air from drains and underground pipes that can be dangerous
- Specialized
A type of tear gas used by police that causes eye and skin pain and lasts long
- Archaic
A protective mask that covers the whole head and filters harmful gases to keep lungs safe
- Specialized
A severe infection in body tissue caused by bacteria that makes gas and destroys it
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A fuel gas made from propane and butane kept under pressure
- Archaic
A fuel gas formed when air passes over hot coal that can power engines or furnaces
- Specialized
A fixed number used in the ideal gas law to connect energy, temperature and amount of gas
- Specialized
A machine in a nuclear plant that uses gas to carry heat from the core
- Specialized
A machine that burns natural gas to make power for vehicles or generators
Surface Forms
Etymology
To gas someone (attack with gas) uses the noun gas meaning poisonous or anesthetic vapor, so the verb simply came from the thing used in the attack. That's why 'to gas' means to harm or kill with dangerous gas.