Vergast
Vergast is a Dutch term that functions as the past participle of the verb vergassen, meaning to gas. In everyday Dutch, vergassen refers to the process of subjecting a substance or persons to gas; the form vergast is used in perfect and passive constructions to denote that someone or something has been gassed. The word is primarily encountered in historical contexts, especially discussions of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution, where it describes victims who were killed using poisonous gas in gas chambers. In Dutch-language sources, phrases such as "de slachtoffers werden vergast" illustrate its use in the passive voice, and "vergaste" can serve as the simple past.
Etymology: The term combines gas with the verb prefix ver-, common in Dutch to indicate completion or