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infect

 
Verb infect has 4 senses
  1. infect - communicate a disease to; "Your children have infected you with this head cold"
    --1 is one way to
    give
    Derived form: noun infection4
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s somebody with something
  2. infect, taint - contaminate with a disease or microorganism
    --2 is one way to pollute, foul, contaminate
    Antonyms: disinfect
    Derived forms: noun infection3, noun infection1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  3. infect - contaminate with ideas or an ideology; "society was infected by racism"
    --3 is one way to
    corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  4. infect - affect in a contagious way; "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room"
    --4 is one way to
    affect, impress, move, strike
    Derived form: noun infection5
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
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