Disinsect
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To eliminate insects from something, usually by application of an insecticide.
"The clothes which such person is wearing, his baggage, and any other article likely to spread typhus, shall be disinsected and, if necessary, disinfected."
Example
More examples"The clothes which such person is wearing, his baggage, and any other article likely to spread typhus, shall be disinsected and, if necessary, disinfected."
Etymology
From dis- + insect.
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