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Type Words
Synonyms taint
Type of contaminate, foul, pollute
Has types superinfect, smut
Derivation infective, infection
Type Words
Type of affect, impress, move, strike
Derivation infection


His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room.
Type Words
Type of give
Has types canker
Derivation infection, infective


Your children have infected you with this head cold.
Type Words
Type of pervert, profane, vitiate, debase, corrupt, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, subvert, misdirect


society was infected by racism.

Examples of infect

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Swine flu is a respiratory disease of pigs that normally does not infect humans.
From the dallasnews.com
That way Schwanz was able to ensure that mothers did not infect their offspring.
From the sciencedaily.com
However, the dog can still shed the virus and infect other unvaccinated animals.
From the toledoblade.com
That way Schwanz was able to ensure that mothers did not infect their offspring.
From the sciencedaily.com
Experiments have shown that PERV-A and PERV-B can infect human cells in culture.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Dabber then sets about scanning for further Sasser-infected computers to infect.
From the newscientist.com
Viruses spread from burst blisters, and as few as 10 are enough to infect a cow.
From the newscientist.com
A worm is quieter, making space for additional viruses to infect your computer.
From the democratandchronicle.com
Space creatures infect astronauts on a final moon landing we never heard about.
From the kentucky.com
More examples
  • Communicate a disease to; "Your children have infected you with this head cold"
  • Contaminate with a disease or microorganism
  • Corrupt with ideas or an ideology; "society was infected by racism"
  • Affect in a contagious way; "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room"
  • (infected) septic: containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms; "a septic sore throat"; "a septic environment"; "septic sewage"
  • (infection) the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
  • An infection is the detrimental colonization of a host organism by a foreign parasite species. Infecting organisms seeks to utilize the host's resources to multiply, usually at the expense of the host. ...
  • (Infected (album)) Infected was The The's second album (if one excludes Burning Blue Soul and The Pornography Of Despair, which was never officially released), released in 1986.
  • (Infected (band)) Infected (typeset as iNFeCTeD) are an industrial/death metal band from Perth, Western Australia. They formed in 1992 and after two self released cassettes they signed with Shock's metal label, Thrust Records. ...