fumigations
Toxic gas applications
Fumigations are acts of exposing an area to smoke, vapor, or gas—typically to kill pests, disinfect, or eliminate odors.
The term usually appears in professional contexts: The building required fumigations after the termite infestation.
Historically, fumigations were believed to ward off disease by purifying corrupted air.
Complete destruction of a group
- termitesWood-eating social insects
- tentingStaying in portable shelter
- insecticidesAgents that exterminate bugs
- infestationPest takeover situation
bedbugs · cockroaches · pesticides · gas · treatment · eradication · spraying · nematodes
Eliminating pathogens from surfaces
- sterilizationComplete elimination of microbes
- formaldehydeColorless pungent preservative gas
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
- decontaminationRemoving dangerous substances
pathogen · antiseptic · sanitization · quarantine · epidemic · cholera · plague · sickroom
Cultivated plants for harvest
- soilGround matter for planting
- greenhouseClimate-controlled plant enclosure
- nematodesCylindrical unsegmented worms
- sterilizationComplete elimination of microbes
planting · drip · tarping · strawberries · tomatoes · nursery · seedbed · pathogen
extermination
Complete destruction of a group
- termitesWood-eating social insects
- tentingStaying in portable shelter
- insecticidesAgents that exterminate bugs
infestation · bedbugs · cockroaches · pesticides · gas · treatment · eradication · spraying · nematodes · warehouse
disinfection
Eliminating pathogens from surfaces
- sterilizationComplete elimination of microbes
- formaldehydeColorless pungent preservative gas
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
decontamination · pathogen · antiseptic · sanitization · quarantine · epidemic · cholera · plague · sickroom · carbolic
crops
Cultivated plants for harvest
- soilGround matter for planting
- greenhouseClimate-controlled plant enclosure
- nematodesCylindrical unsegmented worms
sterilization · planting · drip · tarping · strawberries · tomatoes · nursery · seedbed · pathogen · fungus
incense
Anger greatly, or aromatic resin
- purificationRemoval of contaminants
- smudgingMaking blurry marks
- sageWisdom keeper or seasoning
ceremony · cleansing · spiritual · smoke · copal · frankincense · myrrh · blessing · sacred · temple
fumigationsbaiting
Deliberately trying to provoke
dusting · biological control · trapping · hand-picking · hand picking
fumigationsventilations
Air exchange processes
aeration · air purification · oxygenation · decontamination · detoxification
- fumigation tentSealed cover for pesticide treatment