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disinsecting

disinsecting is the present participle and gerund of disinsect.

Meaning of disinsect

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

Questions about disinsecting

What is disinsecting the present participle and gerund of?
Disinsecting is the present participle and gerund of disinsect.

Words near disinsecting in the dictionary

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

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