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How to pronounce fumigate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms fume
Type of process, treat
Derivation fume, fumigant, fumigation, fumigator

Examples of fumigate

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Some 3 per cent of worldwide use is to fumigate strawberry fields in California.
From the newscientist.com
Does my landlord have the duty to fumigate my apartment and stop the infestation?
From the washingtonpost.com
In 1924 a concrete fumigation chamber was built to fumigate infected imports.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The teams fumigate and destroy stands of still water where mosquitoes breed.
From the stltoday.com
Later, teams will shoot, fumigate and trap the remaining rabbits, she said.
From the chron.com
John McCain, the party's nominee, is promising to fumigate Washington.
From the time.com
There's no need to fumigate your roses with all sorts of potentially harmful chemicals.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Any advice for how to fumigate it and get out the smelly spray?
From the freep.com
We know how to properly harvest, protect, dry, and fumigate crops.
From the kentucky.com
More examples
  • Treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests
  • (fumigation) the application of a gas or smoke to something for the purpose of disinfecting it
  • Fumigation is a method of pest control that completely fills an area with gaseous pesticides--or fumigants--to suffocate or poison the pests within. ...
  • To disinfect, purify, or rid of vermin with the fumes of certain chemicals
  • (Fumigating) A term describing a plume from an emission stack which is trapped by a stable inversion above the stack mouth, thereby hitting the ground level very close to the stack.
  • (Fumigating) Occurs with a combination of stable air aloft and unstable air at the surface. As the morning sun strikes the surface, it rapidly warms. The cooler scent plume will then diffuse down through the warmer air. ...
  • (fumigation) Treatment with a pesticide active ingredient that is a gas under treatment conditions.
  • (fumigation) Using chemicals to control and/or eliminate insects. When tobacco is stored, the storage facility must be fumigated to protect the tobacco from the damage insects can cause.
  • (Fumigation) n. (mil) An assault in which no survivors are left. Term first used by BWANT in Seattle.