gassing
3
9.9
- noun
- /ˈɡæsɪŋ/
- Offensive
:
gaseamiento
- That occurred shortly before the gassing of the Kurds.
- the gassing of Kurds
Examples
-
The specific death camp remains unmentioned, but the destination—death by gassing—is an ever-present shadow throughout.
Blog text (7) -
A young German engineer, Kurt Gerstein, who witnessed the gassing at Belzec, later described the actions of the SS commandant, Christian Wirth, and his victims.
-
But there is no historical evidence that there was an actual gassing program.
Blog text (18) -
It would seem that there was a gassing program in place.
Blog text (18) -
And this man... ...my father... ...designed and carried out the gassing and burning... ...of 200,000 women and children.
-
His largest gassing was against the Kurdish town of Halabja in March of 1988, resulting in the deaths of 5,000 people.
Blog text (9) -
The West provided Saddam with the means to develop chemical weapons and did not move to stop the flow in the aftermath of the gassing of Kurds at Halabja.
Academic text (2000) -
The documentary detailed the horrific gassing of political prisoners during the war.
-
Survivors spoke about their experiences of the gassing in the concentration camps.
-
Many nations condemned the gassing of civilians as a crime against humanity.
Synonyms
27
4.4
Giving a dangerous substance to a person or animal with the aim of hurting them
Antonyms
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gassing comes from the word gas, which means 'air' or 'vapor'. When that 'air' is used to harm or kill people, the act became known as gassing, so the word now refers to poisoning by gas.