fumigate
To disinfect, purify, or rid of vermin with the fumes of certain chemicalsTo disinfect, purify, or rid of vermin with the fumes of certain chemicals.
» You should get your house fumigated.
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1 sensesTo disinfect, purify, or rid of vermin with the fumes of certain chemicals.
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оку́риватьokúrivatʹ
- treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests
Examples
5 sentencesYou should get your house fumigated.
I wonder how much it costs to fumigate a house.
We had to fumigate our house to get rid of termites.
He should get his house fumigated more often.
Yanni fumigated his figs.
Translations
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Origin
First attested in 1530; borrowed from Latin fūmigātus, perfect passive participle of fūmigFirst attested in 1530; borrowed from Latin fūmigātus, perfect passive participle of fūmigō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from fūmus (“smoke”).
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Forms
fumigates, fumigating, fumigated, fumigatedSynonyms
1 synonyms- treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests:fume
Word family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.