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Another word for infect

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Verb

  1. To have a destructive effect on

    See also:

    help

  2. To make morally impure

    See also:

    clean

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Another word for infect

Verb
  1. See also:

    poison

    contaminate

    affect

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Sentence Examples

  • It can't infect humans, can it?

  • He also believes that human beings may infect rats.

  • It is inadvisable to explore for a suspected abscess with a hollow needle without first opening the abdomen, as septic fluid might thus be enabled to leak out, and infect the general peritoneal cavity.

  • They appear to be present in large numbers in the soil, and to infect the Leguminous plant by attacking its root-hairs.

  • The idea of inoculation, therefore, was to infect an individual with a mild form of the disease, so that he should escape infection by a more virulent one.

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