Disinsect
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Disinsect is a verb meaning (public health, chiefly air travel) To eliminate insects from something, usually by application of an insecticide.
Meaning
(public health, chiefly air travel) To eliminate insects from something, usually by application of an insecticide.
Example Sentences
Malaria is also of interest mainly because of the need to disinsect the aircraft cabin when required by the government at destination.
The clothes which such person is wearing, his baggage, and any other article likely to spread typhus, shall be disinsected and, if necessary, disinfected.
Word Forms
- disinsects
- disinsecting
- disinsected
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include disinsectize, disinsectise, disinfest, debug, delouse, fumigate.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.