infests

present tense third-person singular of infest
as in plagues
to spread or swarm over in a troublesome manner in desperation, we called in an exterminator because the house was infested with ants

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Recent Examples of infests These parasites and their eggs contaminate soil, which then infests drinking water and food, especially in areas with poor sanitation. Jenna Anderson, Health, 8 Aug. 2025
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Verb
  • Everything that plagues Chicago also plagues America.
    Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
  • This temporary fix does nothing to resolve the chronic underfunding and instability that plagues these programs year after year.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Listeria infects about 1,600 people in the United States each year, according to the CDC, and kills about 260.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Screwworm is actually a fly that gets its name from how its larva infects a host.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • If a disaster overwhelms state and local capacity, officials may request a presidential declaration, the agency said.
    Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This overload wastes storage, overwhelms engineering teams, clutters observability tools and slows investigations when something actually goes wrong.
    Bill Hineline, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In the footage, the dog hilariously crawls under the blanket, which had slipped down the side of his crate, and ends up pulling it completely off.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Dead Bug Ab-cross crawls support overall ab strength.
    Health Editorial Team, Health, 28 Aug. 2025

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“Infests.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infests. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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