Fumigate Synonyms

fyo͝omĭ-gāt
Treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. disinfect
  2. cleanse thoroughly
  3. treat
  4. fume

Words Related to Fumigate

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Fumigate Sentence Examples

  • When sulphur is burned in air or oxygen, sulphur dioxide is produced, which is a powerful disinfectant, used to fumigate rooms which have been occupied by persons suffering from some infectious disease.

  • You can also fumigate an infected greenhouse with tecnazene smokes.

  • The remedy is to spray with kerosene emulsion or whale-oil soap; or if on cucumbers or tomatoes, it is best to fumigate with hydrocyanic acid gas, using one ounce of potassium cyanide to each woo cubic ft.