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FUMIGATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they fumigate ... he / she / it fumigates
Past simple: fumigated
Past participle: fumigated
-ing form: fumigating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests
Synonyms:
fume; fumigate
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "fumigate" is one way to...):
process; treat (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
fume (a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas)
fumigant (a chemical substance used in fumigation)
fumigation (the application of a gas or smoke to something for the purpose of disinfecting it)
fumigator (a device that generates a gas for the purpose of disinfecting or eradicating pests)
fumigator (someone whose job is to fumigate)
