OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 19576

fumigate

/ˈfjuːmɪɡeɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
fumigar
To disinfect, purify, or rid of vermin with the fumes of certain chemicals.
They fumigated the Church with burnt wool and feathers instead of incense, put foul water into the holy-water basins, and celebrated a parody on the Church-service, the mock Abbot…
‘Pest control are coming too. They’ll be fumigating the place.’
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