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What (who) is fumigate - definition

USE OF SMOKE, VAPOR, OR GAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISINFECTING OR DESTROYING PESTS OR MICROORGANISMS

Fumigant; Fumigator; Fumergation; Fumagation; Fumargation; Tent fumigation; Tenting; Fumigating; Fumigants; Fumigate; Soil fumigant; Soil fumigation

Fumigate

·noun To Smoke; to Perfume.

II. Fumigate ·noun To apply smoke to; to expose to smoke or vapor; to purify, or free from infection, by the use of smoke or vapors.

fumigate

v. a.

Smoke, expose to smoke or vapor, cleanse by smoke or vapor.

fumigate

(fumigates, fumigating, fumigated)

If you fumigate something, you get rid of germs or insects from it using special chemicals.

...fruit which has been treated with insecticide and fumigated.

VERB: V n

• fumigation

Methods of control involved poisoning and fumigation.

N-UNCOUNT

Wikipedia

Fumigation

Fumigation is a method of pest control or the removal of harmful micro-organisms by completely filling an area with gaseous pesticides—or fumigants—to suffocate or poison the pests within. It is used to control pests in buildings (structural fumigation), soil, grain, and produce. Fumigation is also used during the processing of goods for import or export to prevent the transfer of exotic organisms. Structural fumigation targets pests inside buildings (usually residences), including pests that inhabit the physical structure itself, such as woodborers and drywood termites. Commodity fumigation, on the other hand, is also to be conducted inside a physical structure, such as a storage unit, but it aims to eliminate pests from infesting physical goods, usually food products, by killing pests within the container which will house them. Each fumigation lasts for a certain duration. This is because after spraying the pesticides, or fumigants, only the pests around are eradicated.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fumigation

Examples of use of fumigate

1. The "world will have to understand that we must fumigate," he said.

2. The "world will have to understand that we must fumigate", he said.

3. Colombia is the only U.S. ally to fumigate drug crops on a large scale.

4. "They are going to have to fumigate the room because we were basically living there.

5. Once or twice a fortnight, the crew would fumigate the lower deck with vinegar and tobacco smoke.