The explosion in the coal-mine is not caused by the sudden spark, without the accumulation of dangerous Gases, and the absence of such wholesome ventilation as would carry them away.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
Annihilation in its most literal sense was the only word that would describe it, for there was force enough in those yellow sticks to transform material flesh and blood into unsubstantial Gases.
"A Prairie Courtship"
Harold Bindloss
It would indeed be a wonderful achievement to reduce the power to think as a resultant, back to its constituent Gases.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs