fumigate

Example Sentences

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An inquest heard the next-door room had been fumigated following a report of a bedbug infestation.

From BBC

A British couple who died in Egypt were staying at a hotel being fumigated to kill bedbugs, their inquest heard.

From BBC

"Some of the lads fumigate their beds naturally, so there's no issue," said Fogarty, who said the squad are yet to come across any bedbugs in France.

From BBC

“We thought: Well, it’s more information that it’s all crammed together — that the keys sit with the party hat — than it be properly archived and fumigated and bagged,” Loman says.

From Los Angeles Times

In 2004, chemical manufacturers began to phase out methyl bromide, another chemical widely used to fumigate soils, because it harms Earth’s ozone layer.

From Science Magazine