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fumigation

In medicine, the use of vapours, such as camphor, to destroy bacteria or vermin. The process was widely used in the past but it has been superseded by more effective disinfection procedures.
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However, they must keep epidemics away somehow or other, and fumigation is cheaper than soap.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
The apartment was very far removed from the old man's chamber, but Mr Quilp deemed it prudent, as a precaution against infection from fever, and a means of wholesome fumigation, not only to smoke, himself, without cessation, but to insist upon it that his legal friend did the like.
The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context
I am not acquainted with the process which is in use, but believe that fumigation is the principal agency employed.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
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