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DISINFEST
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they disinfest ... he / she / it disinfests
Past simple: disinfested
-ing form: disinfesting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
The exterminator disinfests the house
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "disinfest" is one way to...):
disembarrass; free; rid (relieve from)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
disinfestation (the activity of getting rid of vermin)