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Yes. Gases are the most compressible of the 3 basic phases of matter, because of the wider distance between molecules.

Even solids may be compressed in some circumstance e.g. in the atomic bomb, the solids are compressed (by explosive devices usually) - and this allows the density of neutrons to increase beyond the 'critical point' the self-sustaining reaction.

Less terrifyingly, graphite may be compressed in an 'anvil machine', to convert it into its crystalline allotrope, which is diamond.

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