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
More than 90 percent of those infected with measles have either been unvaccinated or their vaccination status was unknown.
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Rob Williams, EverydayHealth.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Pigs can be infected by avian, human, and swine influenza strains simultaneously, which makes reassortment especially likely, though the process is not exclusive to pigs.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
At least 70 people — mostly farmworkers with close contact to birds or cows — have been infected.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 9 Oct. 2025
About one in five people infected with West Nile virus will have the symptoms, including fever, headache, body aches and nausea.
—Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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Rob Williams, EverydayHealth.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Pigs can be infected by avian, human, and swine influenza strains simultaneously, which makes reassortment especially likely, though the process is not exclusive to pigs.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
At least 70 people — mostly farmworkers with close contact to birds or cows — have been infected.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 9 Oct. 2025
About one in five people infected with West Nile virus will have the symptoms, including fever, headache, body aches and nausea.
—Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infected
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One of the jurors said deliberations were poisoned by a belief among some jurors that a member of the panel had been paid off by Weinstein or his lawyers.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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His family believed he had been poisoned by the spirit, according to the Tennessee State Museum.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
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Most PETs are incinerated or landfilled because conventional recycling methods struggle with complex, contaminated waste streams.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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Unknown water can be contaminated with parasites, bacteria or other pathogens, which can make dogs sick.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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The Brewers trailed the Dodgers 3-1 with two outs and a runner on second in the top of the seventh when Chourio fouled off a Blake Treinen sweeper.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
17 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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Files were easily lost or corrupted.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
8 Oct. 2025
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As a model named Carl, stuck in a relationship corrupted by microcelebrity and Instagram view counts, Dickinson ticks with exasperation and sarcastic logic, his jaw clenched, his eyes wide and staring.—
Carrie Battan,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Infected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infected. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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