■ verb
1》 cause air to enter and circulate freely in (a room or building).
2》 discuss (an opinion or issue) in public.
3》 Medicine subject to artificial respiration.
4》 informal kill by shooting.
Derivatives
ventilation noun
Origin
ME (in the sense 'winnow, scatter'): from L. ventilat- , ventilare 'blow, winnow', from ventus 'wind'.