Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To rid of vermin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
eliminate insects , andvermin , and similar unwanted plagues ofpests from a building.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb rid of vermin
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word disinfest.
Examples
-
"Now all the Tories have to do is figure out how to disinfest the Public Sector, the Police, Civil Service and the BBC of all the Marxist placemen."
-
Now all the Tories have to do is figure out how to disinfest the Public Sector, the Police, Civil Service and the BBC of all the Marxist placemen.
-
Since the 1970s, he's helped to disinfest cities from Beijing to Dubai - Rudy Giuliani even hired him to clean up New York when he was mayor.
-
Since the 1970s, he's helped to disinfest cities from Beijing to Dubai - Rudy Giuliani even hired him to clean up New York when he was mayor.
PSFK 2010
-
Since the 1970s, he's helped to disinfest cities from Beijing to Dubai - Rudy Giuliani even hired him to clean up New York when he was mayor.
PSFK Monocle 2010
-
If needed, used insecticidal soaps to disinfest hooli of taro root aphids before planting
Recently Uploaded Slideshows victoryfarmer 2009
-
"AT THE FORMER concentration camps of Auschwitz and Auschwitz-Birkenau, we find the following scenario: The buildings which used to serve as the camp delousing facilities still have extremely high traces of the gas Zyklon B, which was used in these buildings to disinfest clothing, mattresses, etc.
Telegraph Blogs 2009
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.