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disinsect

verb

Etymology

From dis- + insect.

  1. calqued from ἔντομον
  2. derived from īnsectum
  3. borrowed from insecte
  4. prefixed as disinsect — “dis + insect”

Definitions

  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.
    • Malaria is also of interest mainly because of the need to disinsect the aircraft cabin when required by the government at destination.

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