fumigate
verb (used with object)
to expose to smoke or fumes, as in disinfecting or exterminating roaches, ants, etc.
was fumigating
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past progressiveof fumigate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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While he was thus engaged, the first mate, under the captain's personal supervision, was fumigating the cabin by burning in it a bunch of oakum over which was scattered a small quantity of tobacco.
From Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast by Kirk Munroe
The hen-house had to be inspected, for Eleanor 65 was fumigating against the pip, brought into the Santa Lucia by an importation of fancy Eastern chickens.
From The Readjustment by Will Irwin
Beaumanoir, who, of course, did not understand the instructions given to the man, was fumigating Beliani's letter with rapid puffs of smoke, and incidentally scratching the back of his right ear.
From A Son of the Immortals by Howard Chandler Christy
