WordNet
n. gas at a high pressure that can be used as a propellant
Usage examples of "compressed gas".
It was like the carcass of a whale into whose belly had been shot a grenade of compressed gas, to make it swell hideously, while crammed inside the trusswork of a bridge, until the dying body filled the entire frame.
The torpedos spring into the air like crossbow bolts, driven by compressed gas from tubes on the boats' decks.
The captain of the bridge gun crew sprayed the bore of his gun with compressed gas to allow convection cooling.
From a neighboring drum came a second, passive cable that contained the compressed gas line, hot water hose, and communications wires.
The man in khaki was carrying a small green cylinder of compressed gas.
When the trigger button was pressed, a cartridge was punctured, releasing the compressed gas.
Screens began to fog as the hull compressed gas into a cloud of ionized particles.
Corky asked, indicating three discarded cylinders of compressed gas, each the size of a hospital oxygen tank.
Some sort of compressed gas jet must have forced the drug into his system.
Both missiles had a compressed gas launcher giving them a super-fast initial ascent with virtually no heat involved and getting them out of sight almost immediately and this could be the same type, which would explain why I couldn't see any exhaust ducts or shields.