Fumigate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To subject to smoke or fumes, usually in order to exterminate pests or disinfect.
  • verb-intransitive. To employ smoke or fumes in order to exterminate or disinfect.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To disinfect, purify, or rid of vermin with the fumes of certain chemicals.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To apply smoke to; to expose to smoke or vapor; to purify, or free from infection, by the use of smoke or vapors.
  • v. To smoke; to perfume.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To apply smoke to; expose to the action of smoke.
  • Specifically To expose to the action of fumes (as of sulphur), as in disinfecting apartments, clothing, etc.
  • To perfume.
  • To darken the color of (wood) in imitation of the effect of age and smoke. The process is also known as fuming.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests
  • Verb Form
    fumigated    fumigates    fumigating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    process    treat   
    Cross Reference
    perfume   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    smoke    perfume