fumigate
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they fumigate | |
| he / she / it fumigates | |
| past simple fumigated | |
| past participle fumigated | |
| -ing form fumigating |
- fumigate something
to use special chemicals, smoke or gas to destroy the harmful insects or bacteria in a place 烟熏，熏蒸（以灭虫或消毒） to fumigate a room 用熏蒸的方法给房间消毒
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘to perfume’): from Latin fumigat- ‘fumigated’, from the verb fumigare, from fumus ‘smoke’.