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gas

verb [T] (POISON)
 
 
/ɡæs/ (-ss-)

Definition

to kill or injure a person by making them breathe poisonous gas: Hundreds of thousands of soldiers were gassed in the First World War.Murder and attempted murderKilling
(Definition of gas verb (POISON) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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