Infest synonyms

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overrun
To print (a job order) in a quantity larger than that ordered.
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invade
To infest or overrun.
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swarm
To gather and fly off in a swarm
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harass
To trouble, worry, or torment, as with cares, debts, repeated questions or demands, etc.
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parasitize
To infest with parasites
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teem (related)
To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mould, with molten metal.
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defile
To corrupt
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infect (related)
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crowd
(Intransitive) To urge or press forward; to force oneself.
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press
To lay stress upon, emphasize
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beset
To attack, especially from all sides
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plague
To vex; harass; trouble; torment
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jam
To pack (items, for example) to excess; cram:
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pack
To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass;
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abound
(Intransitive) To be present or available in large numbers; to be plentiful. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
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pervade
(Now Rare) To pass through; spread or be diffused throughout
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overwhelm
To defeat completely and decisively:
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assail
The definition of assail is to physically or verbally attack someone.
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fill
To put a person into (an office, position, etc.)
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flood
To overwhelm in large numbers:
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throng
To press against in large numbers:
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flock
To stuff or decorate with flock
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crawl-with
(Idiomatic) To include or be covered with swarms or large numbers of (something, especially insects or people); to have in great numbers or multitudes.
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be thick as flies
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pester
(Obs.) To overcrowd; cram
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ravage
To pillage or sack something, to lay waste to something
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contaminate (related)
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polluted (related)
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swamp (related)
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Find another word for infest. In this page you can discover 29 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for infest, like: overrun, invade, swarm, harass, parasitize, teem, defile, infect, crowd, press and beset.
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Infest Sentence Examples

  • Sharks infest the estuaries.

  • Multitudes of meteors infest space.

  • Some of them infest dwelling-houses and swarm over the food.

  • Fights between these huge serpents and the crocodiles which infest all the rivers are said to be not uncommon.

  • The nature of the breeding-place varies greatly according to the species, and while many of the mosquitoes that infest houses will breed even in the smallest accidental accumulation of water such as may have collected in a discarded bottle or tin, the larvae of other species less closely associated with man are found in natural pools or ditches, at the margins of slow-moving streams, in collections of water in hollow trees and bamboo-stumps, or even in the water-receptacles of certain plants.

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