1. to convert into gas or vapor
Usage: technical; chemistry
2. to treat with gas, especially to poison with gas
Usage: military; historical

Examples

• The coal plant will gasify biomass to produce cleaner energy.
• High temperatures can gasify water into steam.
• The new technology gasifies waste materials efficiently.
• Scientists gasify organic matter in controlled laboratory conditions.
• The process gasifies solid fuel into combustible gas.
• Industrial plants gasify coal to create synthetic fuels.