GASSING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gassing mean? 

• GASSING (noun)
  The noun GASSING has 2 senses:

1. the process of interacting with gas

2. the deliberate act of poisoning some person or animal with gas

  Familiarity information: GASSING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GASSING (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

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)