fumigate
verb
fu·mi·gate
ˈfyü-mə-ˌgāt 
fumigated; fumigating
: to apply smoke, vapor, or gas to especially for the purpose of disinfecting or of destroying pests
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.
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Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 20 May 2024
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—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
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Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 20 May 2024
Brunswick has a large building where agricultural equipment destined for Australia and New Zealand is fumigated to kill pests.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
Despite its aggressive reputation for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, California releases more of a climate-warming pesticide than all other states combined, most of it from homes fumigated for termites, according to a study published Wednesday.
—Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
After the building was fumigated, exterminators found 1,270 dead mice, the DOJ said.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2024
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fumigate
verb
fu·mi·gate
ˈfyü-mə-ˌgāt
fumigated; fumigating
: to apply smoke, vapor, or gas to especially for the purpose of disinfecting or of destroying pests
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fumigate
transitive verb
fu·mi·gate
ˈfyü-mə-ˌgāt
fumigated; fumigating
: to apply smoke, vapor, or gas to especially for the purpose of disinfecting or of destroying pests
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