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    FUMIGATE

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they fumigate  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it fumigates  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: fumigated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: fumigated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: fumigating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pestsplay

    Synonyms:

    fume; fumigate

    Classified under:

    Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

    Hypernyms (to "fumigate" is one way to...):

    process; treat (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s something

    Derivation:

    fume (a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas)

    fumigant (a chemical substance used in fumigation)

    fumigation (the application of a gas or smoke to something for the purpose of disinfecting it)

    fumigator (a device that generates a gas for the purpose of disinfecting or eradicating pests)

    fumigator (someone whose job is to fumigate)

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