fumigate
verb (used with object)
to expose to smoke or fumes, as in disinfecting or exterminating roaches, ants, etc.
had been fumigating
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past perfect progressiveof fumigate.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Following the direction indicated by his nod, the girls became aware of a plant by his bedside, which he had been fumigating, for his pipe was leaning against the flower-pot in which it stood.
From Tom Brown at Oxford by Thomas Hughes
