gassing
noun C2- Poisoning by noxious gas.
- The liberation of hydrogen from an overcharged battery due to electrolysis of the electrolyte.
- The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibres.
- Any similar process of singeing.
- boasting; insincere or empty talk
Plural gassings
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