fumigate

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

verb treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests

First attested in 1530; borrowed from Latin fūmigātus, perfect passive participle of fūmigō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from fūmus (“smoke”).

They had been fumigated and steeped in vinegar. — Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Complete, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
First of all, let us fumigate the room. — When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire, G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
They must either wash themselves or fumigate other people. — The Innocents Abroad, Mark Twain

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