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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
fumigate .
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Examples
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But "the poem is a heathen poem, just 'fumigated' here and there by its editor."
Our Catholic Heritage in English Literature of Pre-Conquest Days Emily Hickey
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As their battleships arrived they were conducted to one of the satellites, and each man was "fumigated," lest he bring disease to the mother planet.
Invaders from the Infinite John Wood Campbell 1940
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Ludwig and his family felt they had been "fumigated" by leaks and venting numerous times.
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Ludwig and his family felt they had been "fumigated" by leaks and venting numerous times.
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"fumigated" right now -- though he's vague on the details of just how we do that.
AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed David Neiwert, Orcinus 2009
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"fumigated" right now -- though he's vague on the details of just how we do that.
Crooks and Liars 2009
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Should anyone require, however, to pass through the district, he must first of all be locked securely in a cowshed beyond the limits of the village, and there his clothes must be well smoked ( 'fumigated' they call it), and he himself well doused in a ducking-tub, and if he has any coin about him it must be rubbed with ashes, which life-imperilling occupation will be duly attended to by the local gipsies. "
The Day of Wrath M��r J��kai 1864
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Manish Swarup/Associated Press A man fumigated the grounds where supporters of Anna Hazare gathered for a rally, New Delhi, Tuesday.
India in Pictures 2011
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Sukree Sukplang/Reuters A worker fumigated inside a building as the threat of disease from mosquitoes rose following the flooding.
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When the snakes were not found, the airplane was fumigated and it returned to service on Wednesday.
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