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suffumigate

[suh-fyoo-mi-geyt]

verb (used with object), -gat·ed, -gat·ing.

to fumigate from below; apply fumes or smoke to.

Origin:
1580–90; < Latin suffūmigātus; see suf-, fumigate

Related forms

suf·fu·mi·ga·tion, noun

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suffumigate (səˈfjuːmɪˌɡeɪt)

—vb
	(tr) to fumigate from or as if from beneath

[C16: from Latin suffūmigāre, from sub- + fūmigāre to fumigate]

suffumi'gation

—n

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