FUMIGATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they fumigate ... he / she / it fumigates

Past simple: fumigated

Past participle: fumigated

-ing form: fumigating

Meaning:

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

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)