Related Words for infect

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inspire
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Verb, Verb
taint
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Verb, Noun, Verb
revolutionize
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Verb, Verb
disinfect
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Verb, Verb
contaminate
x/xx
Verb
infest
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Adjective
invade
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Verb
virus
/x
Noun
engulf
x/
Verb
mutate
/x
Verb
infiltrate
x/x
Noun
inoculate
x/xx
Verb
uninfected
xx/x
Adjective
ravage
/x
Noun
terrorize
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Verb
kill
/
Verb
afflict
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Verb
permeate
/xx
Verb
sicken
/x
Verb
devastate
/xx
Verb
destroy
x/
Verb
pollute
x/
Verb
infection
x/x
Noun
penetrate
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Verb
injure
/x
Verb
pervade
x/
Verb
immunize
/xx
Verb
ensnare
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Verb
propagate
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Verb
subvert
x/
Verb
threaten
/x
Verb
incapacitate
xx/xx
Verb
annihilate
x/xx
Verb
colonize
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Verb
exterminate
x/xx
Verb
isolate
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Verb
paralyze
/xx
Verb
saturate
/xx
Verb
inject
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Verb
proliferate
x/xx
Verb
affect
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Verb
entrap
x/
Verb
subjugate
/xx
Verb
maim
/
Noun
corrupt
x/
Adjective
fester
/x
Noun
malign
x/
Adjective
disrupt
x/
Verb
cripple
/x
Noun
spread
/
Noun
hijack
/x
Noun
betray
x/
Verb
eradicate
x/xx
Verb
obliterate
x/xx
Verb
impair
x/
Verb
undermine
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Verb
irritate
/xx
Verb
dominate
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Verb
devour
x/x
Verb
metastasize
x/xx
Verb
seep
/
Noun
molest
x/
Adjective
destabilize
x/xx
Verb
infectious
x/x
Adjective
inflame
x/
Verb
overpower
xx/x
Verb
alienate
/xx
Verb
transmit
x/
Verb
entangle
x/x
Verb
allow
x/
Verb
circulate
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Verb
inflict
x/
Verb
exploit
/x
Verb
migrate
/x
Verb
disseminate
x/xx
Verb
entice
x/
Verb
purify
/xx
Verb
defraud
x/
Verb
infective
x/x
Adjective
assail
x/
Verb
degrade
x/
Verb
enslave
x/
Verb
imperil
x/x
Verb
pathogen
/xx
Noun
harming
/x
Verb
manipulate
x/xx
Verb
enrich
x/
Verb
liberate
/xx
Verb
endanger
x/x
Verb
oppress
x/
Verb
contagious
x/x
Adjective
harass
x/
Verb
weaken
/x
Verb
extort
x/
Verb
disease
x/
Noun
catch
/
Noun
communicate
x/xx
Verb
touch
/
Noun
invalid
/xx
Noun
poison
/x
Noun
plague
/
Noun
ingest
x/
Verb
take
/
Verb
trojan
/x
Name
contract
/x
Noun
leper
/x
Noun
visit
/x
Noun
contact
/x
Noun
smit
/
Name
canker
/x
Noun
subject
x/
Noun
attack
x/
Noun
passage
/x
Noun
fever
/x
Noun
hurt
/
Noun
attract
x/
Verb
pick up
//
Phrase, Verb
cure
/
Noun
incur
x/
Verb
skin
/
Noun
mildew
/x
Noun
wound
/
Noun
quarantine
/xx
Noun
sanitize
/xx
Verb
replicate
/xx
Noun
bacteriophages
x/xxxx
Noun
lyse
/
Verb
helminths
/x
Noun
politic
/xx
Adjective
retroviruses
xx/xx
Noun
adenoviruses
x/xxxx
Noun
phages
/x
Noun
dividing
x/x
Noun
allergy
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Noun
alt
/
Noun, Adjective
autoimmune
x/x
Adjective
cholera
/xx
Noun
comp
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
conjunctivitis
xx//x
Noun
convey
x/
Verb
dental
/x
Adjective, Noun
diphtheria
x/xx
Noun
fl
x
Noun, Adjective
gastroenteritis
xxxx/x
Noun
hit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
hiv
/
Name
influenza
xx/x
Noun
lancet
/x
Name, Verb
meningitis
xx/x
Noun
pharmacotherapy
xxx/xx
Noun
pharyngitis
/x/x
Noun
rabies
/x
Noun
reach
/
Verb, Noun
scandal
/x
Noun, Verb
sepsis
/x
Noun
shift
/
Noun, Verb
smut
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Noun, Verb
subscript
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
sully
/x
Name, Verb
u
/
Noun, Adjective
vaginitis
x//x
Noun
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
expression
x/x
Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
collocation
xx/x
Noun
literally
/xxx
Adverb
tell
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Verb, Noun