Infest Synonyms

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Synonyms for Infest

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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defile
To corrupt
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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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teem
To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mould, with molten metal.
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infect
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swamp
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Infest Sentence Examples

  • Sharks infest the estuaries.

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

  • To gamekeepers and those interested in the preservation of game, all animals such as the pole-cat, weasel, stoat, hawks, owls, &c., which destroy the eggs or young of preserved birds, are classed as "vermin," and the same term includes rats, mice, &c. It is also the collective name given to all those disgusting and objectionable insects that infest human beings, houses, &c., when allowed to be in a filthy and unsanitary condition, such as bugs, fleas, lice, &c.

  • Such are the general causes of the errors that infest the human mind; by their exposure the way is cleared for the introduction of the new method.

  • There are two classes of these Indian Fakirs, (1) the religious orders, and (2) the nomad rogues who infest the country.

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