disinsect

Etymology

From dis- + insect.

disinsect means to eliminate insects from something, usually by application of an insecticide. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 83 out of 100.

verb

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.”