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
The sales leader infected everyone around him with toxic positivity who believed anything was possible, even in the face of real business obstacles, shielding the whole team from reality.
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Mita Mallick, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
The Indianapolis Animal Care Services did say dogs are still available for adoption and some cats that were kept separate from those infected remain available to adopt.
—Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025
There is evidence that some cows have antibodies to human flu viruses, which suggests the animals have been infected by these pathogens even if the viruses themselves haven’t been detected, Gaunt says.
—Chris Simms, Scientific American, 25 Sep. 2025
Animals, 'especially dogs,' commonly infected.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
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Mita Mallick, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
The Indianapolis Animal Care Services did say dogs are still available for adoption and some cats that were kept separate from those infected remain available to adopt.
—Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025
There is evidence that some cows have antibodies to human flu viruses, which suggests the animals have been infected by these pathogens even if the viruses themselves haven’t been detected, Gaunt says.
—Chris Simms, Scientific American, 25 Sep. 2025
Animals, 'especially dogs,' commonly infected.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infected
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Officials were previously awaiting toxicology results to determine whether the woman had been poisoned.—
Quinlan Bentley,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
2 Oct. 2025
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In March 2018, Ashley checked into a Florida hospital and alleged that Doug was abusive and poisoned her.—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Food and/or ice adulterated or contaminated.—
Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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Recalled Trader Joe's pasta sold in Arizona The CDC said listeria contaminated products sold at Trader Joe's were the store's Trader Joe’s Cajun style blackened chicken breast fettucine alfredo, contained in a plastic tray.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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The Cubs swung at 10 of his offerings, whiffed at six and fouled off the other four.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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During an at-bat between Tigers ace Tarik Skubal and Guardians hitter Angel Martinez, the former delivered a 100-mph fastball that the latter fouled off on an 0-2 count.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Democrats and civil libertarians said Trump corrupted the system of justice by getting involved.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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Of course, what that sets up, in the game of Survivor, is someone ready to be corrupted.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Infected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infected. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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