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
Among the people who provided their HIV status, nearly half were infected with the virus.
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Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Most people get infected with RSV throughout their lives, and for most healthy adults, the virus causes a cold.
—Ciara McCarthy 14, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Apr. 2026
Despised by all and facing an HR complaint from Nurse Liz (Conni Miu) over the coverup, Richard redeemed himself when he became infected by a deadly virus in the finale which subsequently struck Amy and Liz, among others.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2026
People infected with this latent form of tuberculosis will receive an alternate treatment, as standard treatment would not be effective.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026
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Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Most people get infected with RSV throughout their lives, and for most healthy adults, the virus causes a cold.
—Ciara McCarthy 14, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Apr. 2026
Despised by all and facing an HR complaint from Nurse Liz (Conni Miu) over the coverup, Richard redeemed himself when he became infected by a deadly virus in the finale which subsequently struck Amy and Liz, among others.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2026
People infected with this latent form of tuberculosis will receive an alternate treatment, as standard treatment would not be effective.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infected
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Weinstein’s lawyers have argued that his New York conviction last year was poisoned by bad blood among jurors.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Could Ty Jones, whose autopsy said the 33-year-old died of heart issues, have been poisoned too?—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Batches of marijuana produced by Levels IV and sold in Denver, Aurora, Northglenn, Broomfield and Colorado Springs was contaminated with the pesticide chlorfenapyr, the Department of Public Health and Environment and Department of Revenue said in an alert.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
17 Apr. 2026
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The site contaminated with radioactive waste has raised health and safety concerns for decades.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Apr. 2026
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Springer fouled a ball off his foot in the third inning but completed his at bat, grounding out to third base.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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The Celtics’ backup center allowed two makes at the rim by his counterpart, Mitchell Robinson, fouled Robinson on a lob and committed a turnover that led to a fast-break layup by Jordan Clarkson.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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Goodwill is corrupted on arrival by the modern virtue of avarice.—
Andy Andersen,
Vulture,
23 Mar. 2026
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Helberg, cast as inventor Martin Phister, opens up about their characters who are trying to be virtuous and end up getting corrupted instead.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Infected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infected. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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