Menggas

Menggas is a verb in Indonesian (and Malay) meaning to expose something or an area to gas, or to fill with gas. It is formed from the noun gas with the prefix meng- to create a transitive verb. The usage spans a range of activities, from legitimate fumigation and disinfection of spaces to the deployment or release of gaseous substances, including toxic gases, in hostile contexts.

In everyday language, menggas ruangan or menggas fasilitas may refer to fumigation to control pests or pathogens by introducing a gas-based agent. In historical, journalistic, or security contexts, it can describe the act of releasing gas as a weapon or chemical agent. The word is commonly found with nouns such as ruangan (room), rumah (house), fasilitas (facility), or lingkungan (environment).

There is a broad international-law and safety context around gas as a weapon, with conventions and treaties that prohibit the use of toxic gases against people. Linguistically, menggas illustrates how Indonesian verbs can be formed from a borrowed noun through the prefix meng-, capturing evolving usage in industrial, medical, and security domains.

Ethical and legal considerations center on intent and harm: non-consensual or covert gas release is illegal in most jurisdictions, and the use of poisonous gases is widely condemned. The term menggas, therefore, is primarily a linguistic descriptor of the action and its various legitimate and illegitimate contexts, rather than an endorsement of any particular practice.