fumigate

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"I expected a holiday at least to fumigate, and here we have nothing but a lot of perfectly sanitary junk."

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  1. transitive verb To subject to smoke or fumes, usually in order to exterminate pests or disinfect.
  2. intransitive verb To employ smoke or fumes in order to exterminate or disinfect.

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  • Maybe fumigate, string the crime scene tape, all that stuff Back to Table of Contents Afterword Later that afternoon, as they were leaving the Federal Building, Collins said. —  AnalogSF,Dec2003
  • George Ryan to recommend ways to "fumigate" state government. —  The Capitol Fax Blog
  • The governor is promising to "fumigate" state government by reviewing Blagojevich agencies and appointees to make sure everyone's doing his job and following the law. —  Market News
  • Someone please come and fumigate, thanks? zuch Says: —  Think Progress
  • Pat Quinn has said he wants to "fumigate" government.
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin fūmigāre, fūmigāt-, to smoke : fūmus, smoke + agere, to drive, make; see ag- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin fumigatus, past participle of fumigare (later Italian fumigare = Spanish Portuguese fumigar = Old French fumier), smoke, fumigate, from fumus, smoke, + agere, drive.
 

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