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fumigate

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fu·mi·gate  (fym-gt)
v. fu·mi·gat·ed, fu·mi·gat·ing, fu·mi·gates
v.tr.
To subject to smoke or fumes, usually in order to exterminate pests or disinfect.
v.intr.
To employ smoke or fumes in order to exterminate or disinfect.
[Latin fmigre, fmigt-, to smoke : fmus, smoke + agere, to drive, make; see ag- in Indo-European roots.]
fumi·gation n.
fumi·gator n.
fumigate [fyew-mig-gate]
Verb
[-gating, -gated] to treat (something contaminated) with fumes [Latin fumus smoke + agere to drive]
fumigation n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.fumigate - treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests
fume
process, treat - subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill"
Translations
fumigate [ˈfjuːmɪgeɪt] vt → fumigar
fumigate [ˈfjuːmɪgeɪt] vt → désinfecter (par fumigation)
fumigate [ˈfjuːmɪgeɪt] vt → ausräuchern
fumigate [ˈfjuːmɪgeɪt] vt → suffumicare


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They must either wash themselves or fumigate other people.
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She smiled at recollection of a remark her father had once made concerning them, to the effect that if one of them ever dropped his egotism and broke it it would take a week to fumigate Helium.
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And I deem it on the whole expedient to fumigate Mr Dolls.
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