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laughing gas

NOUN
inhaled anesthetic
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During the removal process, she wore a face mask connected to a rolling cart of the laughing gas and oxygen tanks.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 1, 2026

Nitrous oxide – known colloquially as "laughing gas" – has many uses, from a painkiller during dental procedures to a whipping agent for canned whipped cream.

From BBC May 27, 2025

"Engine tests have shown varying degrees of emissions of laughing gas, which is a very potent greenhouse gas with more than 200 times the global warming impact than carbon dioxide."

From Science Daily Feb. 5, 2024

It’s a little like “Mad Max” on laughing gas.

From New York Times Jul. 20, 2023

Her bones felt warm and flexible; her joints were held together with laughing gas.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon



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