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fumigated

fumigated is the simple past and past participle of fumigate.

Meaning of fumigate

Verb

fumigate (third-person singular simple present fumigates, present participle fumigating, simple past and past participle fumigated)

  1. (transitive) To disinfect, purify, or rid of vermin with the fumes of certain chemicals.
    • They fumigated the Church with burnt wool and feathers instead of incense, put foul water into the holy-water basins, and celebrated a parody on the Church-service, the mock Abbot officiating at the altar; […]1820, [Walter Scott], chapter XV, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and...

Words formed from fumigated

Questions about fumigated

What is fumigated the simple past and past participle of?
Fumigated is the simple past and past participle of fumigate.

Words near fumigated in the dictionary

  1. fumigaclavines
  2. fumigant
  3. fumigants
  4. fumigatable
  5. fumigate
  6. fumigated
  7. fumigates
  8. fumigating
  9. fumigation
  10. fumigation tent
  11. fumigation tents

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