disinfestv.

/dɪsɪnˈfɛst/

Etymology: dis- prefix 2a.

transitive. To rid (a person, building, etc.) of infesting insects, vermin, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > pest control > remove vermin from [verb (transitive)]

vermin1573

disinfest1920

1920 Lancet 2 Oct. 681/2 The term ‘disinfestation’ or ‘to disinfest’ was employed during the war to differentiate the two processes.

1936 Discovery Apr. 116/2 The task of thoroughly disinfesting slum property.

Derivatives

ˌdisinfeˈstation n. the process of disinfesting.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > pest control > [noun]

pest control1912

disinfestation1920

1920 Lancet 2 Oct. 681/1 (heading) Disinfection and disinfestation in the field.

1936 Discovery Apr. 116 Hydrogen cyanide, or HCN, is the material most generally used nowadays for disinfestation.

1942 Times 21 Sept. 5/3 Typhus, which is louse-borne,..was overcome by active measures of disinfestation.

1959 Times 7 Dec. (Agric. Suppl.) p. vi/4 The use of radiation..could be usefully applied for the disinfestation of products handled in bulk.

1966 Listener 10 Mar. 352/1 The irradiation method has great economic potential in..the disinfestation of dried and smoked fish, the disinfestation of dried fruits, [etc.].

1970 H. Braun Parish Churches xix. 225 Disinfestation is nowadays possible, but requires a desperate amount of scraping away of ruined timber before the beetle can be reached and destroyed.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	disinfest
释义	disinfestv. /dɪsɪnˈfɛst/ Etymology: dis- prefix 2a. transitive. To rid (a person, building, etc.) of infesting insects, vermin, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > pest control > remove vermin from [verb (transitive)] vermin1573 disinfest1920 1920 Lancet 2 Oct. 681/2 The term ‘disinfestation’ or ‘to disinfest’ was employed during the war to differentiate the two processes. 1936 Discovery Apr. 116/2 The task of thoroughly disinfesting slum property. Derivatives ˌdisinfeˈstation n. the process of disinfesting. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > pest control > [noun] pest control1912 disinfestation1920 1920 Lancet 2 Oct. 681/1 (heading) Disinfection and disinfestation in the field. 1936 Discovery Apr. 116 Hydrogen cyanide, or HCN, is the material most generally used nowadays for disinfestation. 1942 Times 21 Sept. 5/3 Typhus, which is louse-borne,..was overcome by active measures of disinfestation. 1959 Times 7 Dec. (Agric. Suppl.) p. vi/4 The use of radiation..could be usefully applied for the disinfestation of products handled in bulk. 1966 Listener 10 Mar. 352/1 The irradiation method has great economic potential in..the disinfestation of dried and smoked fish, the disinfestation of dried fruits, [etc.]. 1970 H. Braun Parish Churches xix. 225 Disinfestation is nowadays possible, but requires a desperate amount of scraping away of ruined timber before the beetle can be reached and destroyed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1920
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