fumigate
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++fu·mi·gate /ˈfjuːmɪɡeɪt/ verb [transitive] DHCto remove disease, bacteria, insects etc from somewhere using chemicals, smoke, or gas 〔为消毒、杀菌、杀虫等而用化学品、烟或气〕熏蒸；烟熏 —fumigation /ˌfjuːməˈɡeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
fumigate• Once the room has been emptied it can be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected or fumigated.• When the Prussians withdrew from Croisset, the house had to be fumigated.• The house had then to be fumigated, and Ann and 1 were in quarantine for six weeks.• Afterwards all the bodies were burned and all the pitch and tar in Funchal were requisitioned to fumigate the streets with bonfires.• Some people fumigate with lawn-mower exhaust.Origin fumigate (1500-1600) Latin fumigare, from fumus; → FUMEfu·mi·gate verbChineseSyllable
chemicals, somewhere Corpus insects etc from remove disease, to using bacteria,
fumigate
fu‧mi‧gate /ˈfjuːməɡeɪt, ˈfjuːmɪɡeɪt/
verb [transitive]to remove disease, bacteria, insects etc from somewhere using chemicals, smoke, or gas
—fumigation /ˌfjuːməˈɡeɪʃən, ˌfjuːmɪˈɡeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]
fu‧mi‧gate /ˈfjuːməɡeɪt, ˈfjuːmɪɡeɪt/
verb [transitive]to remove disease, bacteria, insects etc from somewhere using chemicals, smoke, or gas—fumigation /ˌfjuːməˈɡeɪʃən, ˌfjuːmɪˈɡeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]