Synonyms of infecting

infecting

verb

present participle of infect

as in poisoning

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.

Related Words

• poisoning
• contaminating
• spoiling
• corrupting
• fouling
• giving
• transmitting
• spreading
• polluting
• communicating
• tainting
• imparting
• conveying
• defiling
• conducting
• transferring
• transfusing
• dirtying
• sullying
• rotting
• staining
• soiling
• smudging
• befouling
• blackening
• diluting
• muddying
• miring
• adulterating
• besmirching
• propagating
• disseminating
• doctoring
• diffusing
• smirching
• griming
• broadcasting
• fouling up
• begriming
• watering down
• delivering
• handing down
• surrendering
• handing on
• turning over
• handing over

Dissimilar Words

• sterilizing
• contracting
• catching
• purifying
• disinfecting
• cleaning
• sanitizing
• coming down (with)
• clearing
• decontaminating
• purging
• clarifying
• cleansing
• filtering
• distilling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of infecting

In Vermont, federal researchers are hoping to save American elm trees by infecting young saplings with the fungal disease that has nearly exterminated the tall, once prevalent, East Coast trees. — Susanne Rust follow, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

On the screen, the room glimpsed stitches from the emergency operations, the mold and pus infecting him, the brutal anti-glamour of a homicide victim. — Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026

But the 16 bacteria-infecting viruses described on August 6 in Science were no ordinary specimens. — Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Aug. 2026

Only the 2014–16 Ebola epidemic in West Africa has been larger and deadlier, infecting more than 28,600 people and killing 11,325 across Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026

The thick, blackish blood that leaks out of these dying animals pours into the ground, infecting it with spores. — Rj MacKenzie, Popular Science, 5 Aug. 2026

One consequence is that people suffering from Ebola must often wait at home until a bed becomes available, risking infecting others. — Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 23 July 2026

Legionnaires disease comes from live Legionella bacteria infecting a person's lungs. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

There is also evidence, both Moss and Saphire note, that measles kills immune system memory cells when infecting someone without vaccine-induced or natural immunity. — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2026