fumigate
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mɪˌgeɪt verb (used with object), fu·mi·gat·ed, fu·mi·gat·ing.
to expose to smoke or fumes, as in disinfecting or exterminating roaches, ants, etc.
Origin:
1520–30; < Latin fūmigātus, past participle of fūmigāre to smoke, fumigate, equivalent to fūm(us) smoke + -igāre (v. suffix based on -ig-, noun derivative of agere to drive, do, as in remex, stem remig- oarsman, hence remigāre to row)
1520–30; < Latin fūmigātus, past participle of fūmigāre to smoke, fumigate, equivalent to fūm(us) smoke + -igāre (v. suffix based on -ig-, noun derivative of agere to drive, do, as in remex, stem remig- oarsman, hence remigāre to row)
Related forms
fu·mi·ga·tion, noun
sub·fu·mi·ga·tion, noun
un·fu·mi·gat·ed, adjective
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| —vb | |
| to treat (something contaminated or infected) with fumes or smoke | |
| [C16: from Latin fūmigāre to smoke, steam, from fūmus smoke + agere to drive, produce] | |
| fumi'gation | |
| —n | |
| 'fumigator | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
fumigate
1520s, back formation from fumigation. Related: Fumigated; fumigating.
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Medical Dictionary
fumigate fu·mi·gate (fy&oomacr;'mĭ-gāt')
v. fu·mi·gat·ed, fu·mi·gat·ing, fu·mi·gates
To subject to smoke or fumes, usually in order to exterminate pests or disinfect.
fu'mi·ga'tion n.
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Example sentences
Potential field sites should be scouted to determine if they will be suitable to fumigate legally.
Now only few hands are needed and a farmer can even sit inside and press a button to irrigate or fumigate an entire field.
They are used to fumigate burrows of certain rodents and other mammals.
However, if you must fumigate on a porous surface, cover the surface with plastic tarpaulins.
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