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disinfest

disinfest verb: to eliminate insects, vermin, or other pests from.

Verb

disinfest (third-person singular simple present disinfests, present participle disinfesting, simple past and past participle disinfested)

  1. (transitive) To eliminate insects, vermin, or other pests from.

Forms of disinfest

third-person singular presentdisinfests
present participledisinfesting
past participledisinfested
pastdisinfested

Origin of disinfest

From dis- + infest.

Questions about disinfest

What does disinfest mean?
Disinfest means to eliminate insects, vermin, or other pests from.
What part of speech is disinfest?
Disinfest is a verb.
What is the past tense of disinfest?
The past tense of disinfest is disinfested.

Words near disinfest in the dictionary

  1. disinfections
  2. disinfective
  3. disinfector
  4. disinfectors
  5. disinfects
  6. disinfest
  7. disinfestant
  8. disinfestants
  9. disinfestation
  10. disinfestations
  11. disinfested

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