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Definition of fumigate
fumigated
;fumigating
transitive verb
: to apply smoke, vapor, or gas to especially for the purpose of disinfecting or of destroying pests
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Examples of fumigate in a Sentence
All the hospital rooms had to be fumigated.
We had to fumigate our apartment to get rid of the ants.
Recent Examples of fumigate from the Web
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Health officials were also fumigating public spaces.
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There they would be fed, fumigated and kept in order by special UNRRA teams.
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The house on Genesee Avenue near Conrad Avenue was being fumigated at the time.
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Robbin Baska, 19, of Kansas City — a jokester who loved making others laugh — had left her own apartment because it was being fumigated, said her father, Robbie Baska.
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Apopka will try to even the score with the wood-munchers as the city hired Orkin pest-exterminators to fumigate the 22,500-square-foot police headquarters on Sixth Street.
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Many homes during the spring months hire companies to fumigate their houses.
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Like ordinary soybeans, they were fumigated with a pesticide.
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The researchers recommended that the factory be fumigated with another pesticide, phosphine gas, to kill the remaining mites.
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Origin and Etymology of fumigate
Latin fumigatus, past participle of fumigare, from fumus + -igare (akin to Latin agere to drive) — more at agent
FUMIGATE Defined for English Language Learners
fumigate
playDefinition of fumigate for English Language Learners
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: to remove germs, insects, etc., from (a room or building) with smoke or gas that destroys them
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