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infect

/ɪn'fɛkt/

Synonyms of infect Antonyms of infect Examples of infect Usage of infect Parts of infect Definition that contains infect Words sounding like infect Explanation of infect

verb
contaminate with a disease or microorganism
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Similar:

taint

Opposite:

disinfect

type of:
contaminate foul pollute
verb
affect in a contagious way
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"His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room"

type of:
affect impress move strike
verb
communicate a disease to
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"Your children have infected you with this head cold"

type of:
give
verb
corrupt with ideas or an ideology
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"society was infected by racism"

type of:
pervert profane vitiate debase corrupt debauch demoralise demoralize deprave subvert misdirect

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