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Verb infect has 4 senses
- infect - communicate a disease to; "Your children have infected you with this head cold"
--1 is one way to give
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
- infect, taint - contaminate with a disease or microorganism
--2 is one way to pollute, foul, contaminate
Antonyms: disinfect
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- 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
- 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
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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