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de⋅gas

[dee-gas]
–verb (used with object), -gassed, -gas⋅sing.
1. to free from gas.
2. Electronics. to complete the evacuation of gases in (a vacuum tube).

Origin:
1915–20; de- + gas

De⋅gas

[dey-gah; Fr. duh-gah]
–noun
Hi⋅laire Ger⋅main Ed⋅gar [ee-ler zher-man ed-gar] , 1834–1917, French impressionist painter.
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de·gas   (dē-gās')   
tr.v.   de·gassed, de·gas·sing, de·gas·ses or de·gas·es
To remove gas from.
De·gas   (də-gä')   
French painter and sculptor noted especially for his fluid studies of ballet dancers.
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