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disinsect

disinsect verb: to eliminate insects from something, usually by application of an insecticide.

Verb

disinsect (third-person singular simple present disinsects, present participle disinsecting, simple past and past participle disinsected)

  1. (public health, chiefly air travel) To eliminate insects from something, usually by application of an insecticide.
    • The clothes which such person is wearing, his baggage, and any other article likely to spread typhus, shall be disinsected and, if necessary, disinfected.1952, Statutes of the Union of South Africa, Republic of South Africa, p. 339
    • Malaria is also of interest mainly because of the need to disinsect the aircraft cabin when required by the government at destination.2008, Diseases Know No Frontiers, volume 2, House of Lords, page 486

Forms of disinsect

third-person singular presentdisinsects
present participledisinsecting
past participledisinsected
pastdisinsected

Origin of disinsect

From dis- + insect.

Questions about disinsect

What does disinsect mean?
Disinsect means to eliminate insects from something, usually by application of an insecticide.
What part of speech is disinsect?
Disinsect is a verb.
What is the past tense of disinsect?
The past tense of disinsect is disinsected.

Words near disinsect in the dictionary

  1. disinhibits
  2. disinhume
  3. disinhumed
  4. disinhumes
  5. disinhuming
  6. disinsect
  7. disinsected
  8. disinsecting
  9. disinsection
  10. disinsectise
  11. disinsectised

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