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off-gassed

off-gassed is the simple past and past participle of off-gas.

Meaning of off-gas

Verb

off-gas (third-person singular simple present off-gases or off-gasses, present participle off-gassing, simple past and past participle off-gassed)

  1. To emit gases, especially noxious ones.
    • Since solvent-based paints can off-gas for a long time as they dry, when trapped in a tightly sealed building they can contribute to an unhealthy cocktail of chemicals in the air.2004, Old-House Journal, page 86
    Synonyms:
    outgas

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Questions about off-gassed

What is off-gassed the simple past and past participle of?
Off-gassed is the simple past and past participle of off-gas.

Words near off-gassed in the dictionary

  1. off-flavours
  2. off-flow
  3. off-flows
  4. off-gas
  5. off-gases
  6. off-gassed
  7. off-gasses
  8. off-gassing
  9. off-gassings
  10. off-glide
  11. off-glides

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Adapted from Wiktionary: off-gassed (page history and authors); off-gas (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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