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Ventilate

ˈvɛntɪleɪt

Ventilate definitions

verb

Inflections:

ventilate ventilated ventilates ventilating

cause air to enter and circulate freely in (a room, building, etc.)

"ventilate the greenhouse well"

Synonyms:
aerate air oxygenate air-condition fan freshen refresh cool
- (of air) purify or freshen (something) by blowing on or through it
  
  "a colossus ventilated by the dawn breeze"
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)
discuss or examine (an opinion, issue, or complaint) in public

"he used the club to ventilate an ongoing complaint"

Synonyms:
express give expression to air give an airing to bring into the open raise register lodge bring up come out with reveal assert declare communicate utter voice give voice to put into words verbalize talk about discuss debate talk over
kill (someone) by shooting

"I pull out a gun and ventilate her dinner companion"