ventilate

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Latin ventilātus, past participle of ventilō.

verb

1. To replace stale or noxious air with fresh.
2. To circulate air through a building, etc.
3. To provide with a vent.
4. To expose something to the circulation of fresh air.
5. To expose something to public examination or discussion.
   The WR has dropped its plan to close Yeovil Junction station. As we predicted on page 376 of the June issue, there has been strong opposition to the suggestion and on July 10 local opinion ventilated its case at a Yeovil Town Hall meeting attended by Mr. G. F. Fiennes, General Manager of the WR. 1964 September, “News: Yeovil Junction not to be closed”, in Modern Railways, page 202
6. (transitive, medicine) To provide manual or mechanical breathing to (a patient).
7. (intransitive, medicine) To breathe.
   Patients with cervical injuries usually arrive in the intensive care unit (ICU) already intubated. However, with some high thoracic or low cervical lesions, patients who ventilate independently in the emergency department may arrive in the ICU without assisted ventilation. 2016, Marianne Saunorus Baird, Manual of Critical Care Nursing: Nursing Interventions and Collaborative Management, 7th edition, St. Louis, MO: Elsevier, page 302
8. (slang) To shoot with a firearm; to pierce with bullets.
   If we went in and there was no burglar, and we got into a shooting with the homeowner and ventilated him, that would be a little difficult to explain. 2010, Michael Miller, Deep Nights