as in poisoned
to pass something harmful (such as a disease) to someone or something else
If you come to work when you're sick, you'll infect everyone in the office.
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Recent Examples of infected
Mostly, humans have become infected while working on farms that have infected cows and birds, which can be avoided by wearing personal protective equipment and respiratory equipment.
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Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 28 Oct. 2025
More than 800 people in Texas and New Mexico have been infected, and the outbreak has spread to other states.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 28 Oct. 2025
Whatever contagion has plagued that group has infected Sheehan as well.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
But scientists also worry about coinfection in humans—events in which the same person is infected with both avian influenza and a seasonal flu virus at the same time.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2025
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Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 28 Oct. 2025
More than 800 people in Texas and New Mexico have been infected, and the outbreak has spread to other states.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 28 Oct. 2025
Whatever contagion has plagued that group has infected Sheehan as well.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
But scientists also worry about coinfection in humans—events in which the same person is infected with both avian influenza and a seasonal flu virus at the same time.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infected
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Notions had persisted that Brahe was poisoned to death with mercury, but later analyses of his bones and teeth disproved the idea.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Nov. 2025
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There’s often an arch detachment where the singer tries to pretend as though they haven’t actually been poisoned by being online themselves.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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Officials issued a boil water advisory for the affluent Incline Village, a wealthy Lake Tahoe community, warning the California tech elites who live there not to drink the water amid concerns it could be contaminated with fecal matter.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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The restaurant was also dinged after an inspector noticed there was no soap at the employee handwashing sink and a slicer stored as clean contaminated with food debris.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Nov. 2025
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Ohtani was critical of himself for following up a 97-mph hour fastball that Guerrero fouled off with the pitch Guerrero hit for his seventh homer of these playoffs.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Gonzalez fouled Brunson once but otherwise held up respectably against the Knicks star in his maiden shift.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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Some people think today’s pro athletes are too wealthy to be corrupted.—
Danny Funt,
New Yorker,
28 Oct. 2025
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Files were easily lost or corrupted.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Infected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infected. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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