POXES Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

pox

noun

Definition of pox

as in voodoo

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Recent Examples of pox There are excellent vaccines for many of the most contagious viral diseases, including measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox, shingles, polio, RSV, HPV, herpes, rotavirus, influenza and Covid-19. — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 29 May 2026 There are excellent vaccines for many of the most contagious viral diseases, including measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox, shingles, polio, RSV, HPV, rotavirus, influenza and Covid-19. — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 29 May 2026 One study found that autoimmune patients treated with CAR T still made antibodies for diseases they’d been previously vaccinated against, like chicken pox and measles. — Amber Dance, ArsTechnica, 17 May 2026 Beulah Park sits at the bottom of the district in terms of vaccination rates for numerous vaccines, including measles, chicken pox and polio. — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for pox

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Noun

The production centers on a voodoo queen and the mysterious happenings in a cemetery.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Seabrook’s primary focus was on Vodou aka voodoo rituals, which had long constituted an underground religious practice amongst populations outwardly accepting of Catholicism.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 July 2026

Definition of voodoo

Noun

She and Kidman reprise their roles as sisters Sally and Gillian Owens, witches in Massachusetts who must once more confront a family curse that causes the deaths of men whom women in their family fall in love with.

— Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026
Along with the town’s hard-drinking fisherman Wyck (Root), and the town hall staff of Patricia (O’Flynn), Rosemary (Dickey) and Dale (Hiller), Loftis tries to ignore a centuries-old island curse while attracting tourists to the island.

— Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2026