- 1[transitive] gas somebody/yourself to kill or harm someone by making them breathe poisonous gas She gassed herself with fumes from the car's exhaust pipe. He was gassed in the war.
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talk - 2[intransitive] (usually used in the progressive tenses) (old-fashioned) (informal) to talk for a long time about things that are not important synonym chat I thought he'd never stop gassing!
gas
verbNAmE//ɡæs//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they gas he / she / it gases
past simple gassed
-ing form gassing
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