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gasify

verb
/ˈɡæsɪfaɪ/US

Etymology

From gas + -ify.

  1. derived from χάος — “chasm, void, empty space”
  2. borrowed from gas
  3. suffixed as gasify — “gas + ify”

Definitions

  1. To convert into a gas, or an aeriform fluid, as by the application of heat, or by…

    To convert into a gas, or an aeriform fluid, as by the application of heat, or by chemical processes; to become a gas or aeriform fluid.

    • […] when we consider the disappearance of the dense smoke in Mr. Giddy’s experiment, there seems to be great reason to think that the charcoal was oxygenated and gassified.
    • Butane will gasify at low pressure, and can be contained in light canisters.
    • Fleets of automated diggers and carts would be manufactured to haul the processed material in to centralized factories, where the material would be gassified and released from tall mobile stacks.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA