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To gas is to expose someone to gas fumes, to treat chemically with gas or to give off gas fumes. (verb)

  1. An example of gas is when you give someone nitrous oxide.
  2. An example of gas is when people are exposed to mustard gas in a war setting.
  3. An example of gas is when a car exhaust gives off fumes into the air.

Gas is an air-like substance that expands to fill the space it is in. It also refers to a substance used as fuel. (noun)

  1. An example of gas is helium.
  2. An example of gas is the fuel you put in your car to get it to move.

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