ventilate

IPA: vˈɛntʌɫeɪt

verb

  • To replace stale or noxious air with fresh.
  • To circulate air through a building, etc.
  • To provide with a vent.
  • To expose something to the circulation of fresh air.
  • To expose something to public examination or discussion.
  • (transitive, medicine) To provide manual or mechanical breathing to (a patient).
  • (intransitive, medicine) To breathe.
  • (slang) To shoot with a firearm; to pierce with bullets.
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Examples of "ventilate" in Sentences

  • The mine was ventilated by furnace.
  • They ventilate, cool and heat the hive.
  • These ventilate and cool the structures.
  • The first priority was to ventilate the workings.
  • Housing was crowded, poorly ventilated, and unsanitary.
  • In order to ventilate the frog uses its throat to pump air into the lungs.

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