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infest Synonyms

infest

overrun, swarm, crowd, press, harass, beset, plague, parasitize, jam, pack, teem, abound, pervade, overwhelm, assail, fill, flood, throng, flock, crawl with, be thick as flies*; see also swarm, teem.

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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.
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.

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