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• n  the application of a gas or smoke to something for the purpose of disinfecting it

• With Orwellian thoroughness, fumigation squads swept through airport, hotel, plazas, streets.
• After fumigation the ship must be aerated, dead rats searched out.
• But fumigation campaigns are too expensive for many Asian governments to carry out effectively; it's also difficult to regularly send out health officials to remind communities to .

News & Articles

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• Homes tented for fumigation targeted by burglars in Ventura
  Since March, several residents have reported their homes burglarized during a scheduled fumigation.
  June 20, 2013 - Ventura County Star
• Burglars target fumigated homes
  Police are warning residents that burglars are targeting homes and businesses undergoing fumigation. According to a recent press release by the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office, burglars cut through the tents used by fumigation companies to cover buildings in order to steal jewelry, money and electronics from the untended homes and businesses. read more
  June 17, 2013 - Moorpark Acorn
• Crooks targeting fumigated homes
  Police are warning residents that burglars are targeting homes and businesses undergoing fumigation. According to a recent press release by the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office, burglars cut through the tents used by fumigation companies to cover buildings in order to steal jewelry, money and electronics from the untended homes and businesses. read more
  June 17, 2013 - Camarillo Acorn

Quotes

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• Brent Bozell in San Francisco Chronicle
  It's our way of celebrating the fumigation of Washington,said L. Brent Bozell III, host of the "funeral" for the Clinton years.
• Rafael Correa in CNN
  We consider it a hostile act by the Colombian government; we cannot accept fumigation on our northern frontier,Correa told reporters at a news conference in Buenos Aires, where he met with President Nestor Kirchner on Wednesday.
• Sue Kedgley in Stuff.co.nz
  It is virtually impossible to contain the gas when it is released directly into the atmosphere, so everybody working or living near to the fumigation area is at risk,Ms Kedgley said.