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fumigating

fumigating is the present participle and gerund 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...

Questions about fumigating

What is fumigating the present participle and gerund of?
Fumigating is the present participle and gerund of fumigate.

Words near fumigating in the dictionary

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

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