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
• corrupting
• contaminating
• fouling
• spoiling
• giving
• transmitting
• communicating
• spreading
• polluting
• tainting
• imparting
• conveying
• defiling
• conducting
• transferring
• transfusing
• dirtying
• sullying
• staining
• smudging
• rotting
• soiling
• befouling
• blackening
• diluting
• muddying
• miring
• doctoring
• adulterating
• besmirching
• propagating
• disseminating
• 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

Hendra virus typically passes from bats to horses before occasionally infecting humans. — William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

And now, a new surge of toxicity is infecting modern masculinity. — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 27 June 2026

These bloodborne bacteria can migrate to the heart, infecting and damaging the heart muscle and valves. — Mark Stibich, Verywell Health, 25 June 2026

The procedure, called variolation, involved deliberately infecting a soldier with a small amount of smallpox virus to build immunity. — Katrine L. Wallace, The Conversation, 24 June 2026

Unlike measles outbreaks in Texas, South Carolina and Arizona, the spread in Utah has been tough to contain to one region — infecting undervaccinated communities in nearly every county. — Devi Shastri, Fortune, 20 June 2026

Instead of targeting machines through the BIOS or master boot record, one such bootkit attacked Mac OS X systems by infecting the EFI, a package of firmware that started the boot process. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 17 June 2026

While the fly is capable of infecting humans and pets, such cases are rare and pose little risk to the broader public, according to experts. — David Hickey, NBC news, 4 June 2026

The year before that, SARS had emerged, ultimately infecting over 8,000 people in nearly 30 countries. — Neil Vora, Time, 22 May 2026