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DISINFESTATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does disinfestation mean?
• DISINFESTATION (noun)
The noun DISINFESTATION has 1 sense:
1. the activity of getting rid of vermin
Familiarity information: DISINFESTATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The activity of getting rid of vermin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("disinfestation" is a kind of...):
cleaning; cleansing; cleanup (the act of making something clean)
Derivation:
disinfest (rid of vermin)
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