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81gas — gas1 W2S1 [gæs] n plural gases or gasses [Sense: 1 3, 6 9; Date: 1600 1700; : Modern Latin; Origin: Greek khaos empty space ; CHAOS] [Sense: 4 5; Date: 1900 2000; Origin: gasoline] …
82Auschwitz — (Polish, Oswiecim) The largest of the death camps, located in Upper Silesia. Auschwitz consisted of three camps: Auschwitz I, the main Auschwitz camp; Auschwitz II, Birkenau, the extermination camp; and Auschwitz III, Buna works, the forced… …
83Hoss, Rudolf — (1900–1947) The commandant of Auschwitz between 1940 and 1943. Hoss had been a war hero during World War I and joined the Nazi Party in 1923. After having served time in prison for a brutal murder, he was released in July 1928, and for the… …
84Wirth, Christian — (1885–1944) Wirth was one of the first technicians of the Nazi Euthanasia Program. Because of the experience he gained using gas in the euthanasia killing process, he was assigned to Lublin, where he organized the first euthanasia center… …
85AUSCHWITZ BOMBING CONTROVERSY — The debate over whether the Allies could have bombed the gas chamber crematoria complexes of auschwitz Birkenau, or the rail lines leading to them, had its origins in 1944. Jewish groups appealed to the U.S. and British governments to do… …
86EUTHANASIA — EUTHANASIA, term denoting the action of inducing gentle and easy death, first used by the British moral historian W.E.H. Lecky in 1869. Among advocates of this measure to terminate the life of sufferers from incurable or painful disease are many… …
87Gas — (g[a^]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gassed} (g[a^]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Gassing}.] 1. (Textiles) To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers; as, to gas thread. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. To impregnate with gas; as, to gas lime with… …
88Gassed — Gas Gas (g[a^]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gassed} (g[a^]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Gassing}.] 1. (Textiles) To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers; as, to gas thread. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. To impregnate with gas; as, to gas lime… …
89gas — I. noun (plural gases; also gasses) Etymology: New Latin, alteration of Latin chaos space, chaos Date: 1779 1. a fluid (as air) that has neither independent shape nor volume but tends to expand indefinitely 2. a. a combustible gas or gaseous… …
90Argon — This article pertains to the chemical element. For other uses, see Argon (disambiguation). Argon (pronEng|ˈɑrgɒn) is a chemical element designated by the symbol Ar. Argon has atomic number 18 and is the third element in group 18 of the periodic… …
