Usually means: Eliminate pests from an area.
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  1. disinfest: Merriam-Webster
  2. disinfest: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. disinfest: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. disinfest: Collins English Dictionary
  5. disinfest: Vocabulary.com
  6. disinfest: Wiktionary
  7. disinfest: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. disinfest: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. disinfest: Dictionary.com
  10. disinfest: Rhymezone
  11. disinfest: FreeDictionary.org
  12. disinfest: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. disinfest: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. disinfest: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. disinfest: Medical dictionary

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▸ verb:  (transitive) To eliminate insects, vermin, or other pests from.

Similar:
disinsectize, disinsect, disinsectise, fumigate, sanitize, deflea, verminate, exterminate, flea, debug, more...

Opposite:
infest, populate, overrun, invade

Types:
fumigate, sanitize, purify, cleanse, disinfect, sterilize, more...

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Similar:
disinsectize, disinsect, disinsectise, fumigate, sanitize, deflea, verminate, exterminate, flea, debug, more...

Opposite:
infest, populate, overrun, invade

Types:
fumigate, sanitize, purify, cleanse, disinfect, sterilize, more...



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