fumigate
verb (used with object)
to expose to smoke or fumes, as in disinfecting or exterminating roaches, ants, etc.
had fumigated
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past perfectof fumigate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The formaldehyde with which Turner had fumigated the ship clung here tenaciously, and, mixed with the odors of bilge water and the indescribable heavy smells left by tropical cargoes, made me dizzy and ill.
From The After House by Mary Roberts Rinehart
