Crossword clues for fumigate
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fumigate \Fu"mi*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fumigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Fumigating.] [L. fumigate, p. p. of fumigare to fumigate, fr. fumus smoke. See Fume, n.]
To apply smoke to; to expose to smoke or vapor; to purify, or free from infection, by the use of smoke or vapors.
To smoke; to perfume.
--Dryden.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1520s, "scent with perfumes," back-formation from fumigation. The older verb was simply fume (c.1400). Meaning "apply smoke or fumes to," especially for cleansing purposes, is from 1781. Related: Fumigated; fumigating; fumigatory.
Wiktionary
vb. To disinfect, purify, or rid of vermin with the fumes of certain chemicals.
WordNet
v. treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests [syn: fume]
Usage examples of "fumigate".
He fumigated the hold and the forecastle - a precaution that kept all the crew coughing for two days, and drove them out of the odor of formaldehyde to the deck to sleep.
The formaldehyde with which Turner had fumigated the ship clung here tenaciously, and, mixed with the odors of bilge water and the indescribable heavy smells left by tropical cargoes, made me dizzy and ill.
But she has been gone since yesterday morning, and after they took her away of course they fumigated the room thoroughly with formalin, which is the proper thing to use in such cases.
You miss the incense, you feel that some noble thurifer should have fumigated him at each stage.
The bus you rode in today may have just been sprayed or fumigated this morning.
When traces of anthrax were found in 9 of 377 environmental samples taken afterward, the Environmental Protection Agency decided to go back in and fumigate again.
Martin will carry a liter of sodium hypochlorite in case of a spill and I will carry a cylinder of chlorine dioxide if we need to fumigate.
Chapter Eight The San Carlos airport was secure and Ben had set up a CP in another building, after Rebels had scooped out the debris and fumigated the place.
Whatever they used to fumigate that car put paid to a 32-year-old crane operator from Rostock who was locked in the trunk.
Dave, come on with me and then you can let me know what this is all about All our inspection parchments are properly signed, sealed, blessed, fumigated, what have you.
Michael was less concerned with the bugs, since he packed enough antibugging equipment inside his jacket to electronically fumigate a skyscraper.
Purbright was standing by the window with his back to the fumigated budgerigar when Mrs Sayers bustled in with a photograph.
Purbright was standing by the window with his back to the fumigated budgerigar when Mrs Sayers bustled in with a photograph.
The fleshers and brewers and smiths and weavers and skinners and saddlers and salters and cappers and masons and cutlers and fletchers and plasterers and armourers and porters and water carriers, and the one-eyed man who had called at Bogle House selling fumigating pans.
Most 'Dinis would have preferred to see the planet devastated in retribution for those innocent worlds which had been fumigated by Hivers.