fumigators

fu·mi·gate (fy

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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 [ˈfjuːmɪˌgeɪt]

(Chemistry) to treat (something contaminated or infected) with fumes or smoke

[from Latin fūmigāre to smoke, steam, from fūmus smoke + agere to drive, produce]

fumigation n

fumigator n

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Verb

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"

fumigate

verb disinfect, cleanse, purify, sterilize, sanitize, clean out or up I'm going to fumigate the greenhouse.

Translations

fumigate [ˈfjuːmɪgeɪt] VT → fumigar

fumigate [ˈfjuːmɪgeɪt] vt → désinfecter, désinfecter par fumigation

fumigate

vt → ausräuchern

fumigate [ˈfjuːmɪˌgeɪt] vt (room) → suffumicare, fumigare

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contaminate
decontaminate
deodorize
disinfect
fume
fumigant
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hydrocyanic acid
methyl bromide
Pastil
pastille
prussic acid
purify
sanitize
skilled workman
Smokable
smoke and mirrors
smoke out
sterilize

The management did not want the risk of any of the fleas infecting any of the other rooms, so they got a firm of fumigators in to blitz Amy's quarters and told her not to bring any more animals on site," the source added.

Winehouse 'adopts flea-ridden stray dogs' by Asian News International

Byline: By David James South Wales Echo Fumigators have been called into a South Wales prison after staff were diagnosed with the skin infection scabies.

Disease prompts prison clean-up by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)

The fair trade watchdog also issued a warning to Japan Airlines and International Cargo Terminal on suspicion they formed a cartel to regulate the use of their fumigating warehouses by the two fumigators at the airport.

FTC tells 2 fumigators at Narita airport to stop price-fixing by Japan Weekly Monitor

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