fumigation
pronunciation
How to pronounce fumigation in British English:
UK [ˌfju:mɪ'ɡeɪʃn]
How to pronounce fumigation in American English:
US [ˌfjumɪ'ɡeɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- the application of a gas or smoke to something for the purpose of disinfecting it
Word Origin
- fumigation (n.)
- late 14c., "action of making aromatic smoke as part of a ceremony," from Latin fumigationem (nominative fumigatio) "a smoking," noun of action from past participle stem of fumigare "to smoke," from fumus "smoke, fume" (see fume (n.)) + root of agere "to drive" (see act (n.)). Sense of "exposure (of someone or something) to aromatic fumes" is c. 1400, originally as a medicinal or therapeutic treatment.
Example
- 1. Yet even california 's organic strawberry growers buy their plants from nurseries that do use fumigation .
- 2. So every year , a month before planting time , fumigation machines move slowly across california 's strawberry fields .
- 3. Cuba conducts regular fumigation inside homes to check the spread of dengue , a mosquito-transmitted virus that causes a fever which can be deadly .