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fumes

  • present tense form
    of fume (3rd person singular).
    fume
    noun
    Often fumes any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, especially of an odorous or harmful nature.

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They include gas leaks, spraying substances to cover the smell of fumes and failing to properly maintain idle wells, among others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The La Verne battery fire is much smaller in scale but nonetheless alarming for those who had to leave their homes or deal with the closure of schools due to the potential of hazardous fumes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Dr Coralynn Sack, an occupational pulmonologist specialising in air pollution's effects on the body at the University of Washington, said the noxious fumes from wildfires are well known to pose "inhalational hazards" to firefighters.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Among those cases was eight-year-old Luke Albiston-O'Donnell from Birkenhead, who died after inhaling toxic fumes from a house fire caused by an e-bike battery on charge in 2024.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Mr. Nixon, the headmaster, dashed past the doorway, emitting fumes of anger and tweed.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell