Fumigate Definition

fyo͝omĭ-gāt
fumigated, fumigates, fumigating
verb
fumigated, fumigates, fumigating
To subject to smoke or fumes, especially of certain chemicals, usually in order to exterminate pests or disinfect.
American Heritage
To expose to the action of fumes, esp. in order to disinfect or kill the vermin in.
Webster's New World
To perfume.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Fumigate

  • Latin fūmigāre fūmigāt- to smoke fūmus smoke agere to drive, make ag- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin fumigatus, past participle of fumigare, from fūmus "smoke"

    From Wiktionary

Fumigate Sentence Examples

  • When sulphur is burned in air or oxygen, sulphur dioxide is produced, which is a powerful disinfectant, used to fumigate rooms which have been occupied by persons suffering from some infectious disease.

  • You can also fumigate an infected greenhouse with tecnazene smokes.

  • The remedy is to spray with kerosene emulsion or whale-oil soap; or if on cucumbers or tomatoes, it is best to fumigate with hydrocyanic acid gas, using one ounce of potassium cyanide to each woo cubic ft.

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