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fumigation

[ fyoo-mi-gey-shuhn ]

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noun

the process of using smoke or fumes to disinfect a place or thing or to rid it of fleas, roaches, agricultural pests, weeds, etc.:
If the entire house gets infested with bedbugs, including clothing and furniture, we’ll have to resort to exterminators or even fumigation.
A pesticide unavailable on the legal market is regularly employed in the fumigation of areas where illicit crops, such as coca, are produced.

First recorded in 1350–1400; from Latin fūmigātiōn-, stem of fūmigātiō; fumigate ( def ), -ation ( def )

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