fumigation
the process of using smoke or fumes to disinfect a place or thing or to rid it of fleas, roaches, agricultural pests, weeds, etc.:If the entire house gets infested with bedbugs, including clothing and furniture, we’ll have to resort to exterminators or even fumigation.A pesticide unavailable on the legal market is regularly employed in the fumigation of areas where illicit crops, such as coca, are produced.
Origin of fumigation
1Other words from fumigation
- sub·fu·mi·ga·tion, noun
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How to use fumigation in a sentence
The peasants take equal pains in its fumigation, using various kinds of wood according to the color of leaf they wish to obtain.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.His thoughts, however, seemed too deep for utterance, for he subsided quietly into a state of silent fumigation.
The Wild Man of the West | R.M. BallantyneThe Baron held up the well-known instrument of fumigation, as he spoke, in triumph.
Martin Rattler | R.M. BallantyneAnd it was no wonder that at the close of the Congress the Pope at once ordered a sacred housecleaning, a divine fumigation.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 | Elbert HubbardHis unhosed feet protruded from the window, probably with a view to fumigation by the salt sea breeze.
Under the Stars and Bars | Walter A. Clark
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