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
  • In 2014, the now 69-year-old actress spoke about experiencing menopause at a time when so few women publicly did so, often fearing the unfair combination of sexism and ageism that plagues many, especially in TV and film.
    Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Every unit can be audited on a public ledger, reducing the opacity that plagues traditional finance.
    Luke Xie, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, listeria infects 1,250 people per year in the United States, 172 of which are killed by the infection.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
  • This is the enzyme that infects and spreads.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Over such spans, change overwhelms continuity; too much simply disappears.
    Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • This figure motivates Butrich but also overwhelms her.
    Sabrina Weiss, The Dial, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Strong, prolonged damaging wind gusts of 40 to 55 mph will continue to lash the coast as the storm crawls north through Monday.
    Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Chalamet crawls out of the weird-for-the-sake-of-being-weird chamber and chucks the helmet to the ground, displaying his now shaven head.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Infests.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infests. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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