the act or process of supplying or treating with gas
2.
the affecting or poisoning of people with gas or fumes
3.
the evolution of a gas, esp in electrolysis
gassing in American English
(ˈɡæsɪŋ)
noun
1.
an affecting, overcoming, or poisoning with gas or fumes
2.
the act of a person or thing that gasses
3.
a process by which something is gassed, as in fumigation
4.
the evolution of gases during electrolysis
Word origin
[gas + -ing1]-ing is a suffix of nouns formed from verbs, expressing the action of the verb or itsresult, product, material, etc. (the art of building; a new building; cotton wadding). It is also used to form nouns from words other than verbs (offing; shirting). Verbal nouns ending in -ing are often used attributively (the printing trade) and in forming compounds (drinking song). In some compounds (sewing machine), the first element might reasonably be regarded as the participial adjective, -ing, the compound thus meaning “a machine that sews,” but it is commonly taken as a verbalnoun, the compound being explained as “a machine for sewing”
Examples of 'gassing' in a sentence
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I'm anti-gassing and would prefer to ask the badgers politely to leave.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They include trappings, poisoning, and gassing or fumigation.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Gassing is thought to be the most humane form of culling the creatures.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The gassing of innocent civilians cannot go unpunished.