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   ventilate

   /ˈvɛntɪleɪt/

   verb

   • 1. cause air to enter and circulate freely in (a room, building, etc.): "ventilate the greenhouse well" Similar aerateairoxygenateair-conditionfanfreshenrefreshcool
   • ▪ (of air) purify or freshen (something) by blowing on or through it: "a colossus ventilated by the dawn breeze"
   • 2. use a machine or device to support or replace the breathing of (a person who is ill, injured, or anaesthetized); subject to artificial respiration: "the patient was sedated and ventilated"
   • ▪ oxygenate (the blood). archaic
   • 3. discuss or examine (an opinion, issue, or complaint) in public: "he used the club to ventilate an ongoing complaint" Similar expressgive expression toairgive an airing tobring into the openraiseregisterlodgebring upcome out withrevealassertdeclarecommunicateuttervoicegive voice toput into wordsverbalizetalk aboutdiscussdebatetalk over
   • 4. kill (someone) by shooting: informal "I pull out a gun and ventilate her dinner companion"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘winnow, scatter’): from Latin ventilat- ‘blown, winnowed’, from the verb ventilare, from ventus ‘wind’. Sense 1 dates from the mid 18th century.

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