Infect Synonyms and Antonyms
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Synonyms for Infect
To profane or sully (a reputation, for example).
The definition of afflict is to cause great physical or mental pain or agony or to create for someone a curse to bear.
To damage or injure in such a way as to make useless, valueless, etc.; destroy
To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.
To enter and spread through with harmful effects
To make less suitable for an activity, especially by the introduction of unwanted factors:
To fill with hate; embitter
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To embitter; envenom
To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.
To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food.
To spoil (food) by contamination.
To attack or infect with canker.
Antonyms for Infect
To destroy the harmful bacteria, viruses, etc. in or on; sterilize
Purify means to make something clean or free from impurities.
Words Related to Infect
To make a show of; to put on a pretence of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of. [from 16th c.]
To introduce impurities or foreign matter to.
(Intransitive) To provide assistance.
In a clean or nonpolluting manner:
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