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| 1. | [ verb ] (medicine) communicate a disease to | |
| Examples: | "Your children have infected you with this bead cold" |
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| Related terms: | give canker infection | |
| 2. | [ verb ] (education) fill with revolutionary ideas | |
| Synonyms: | inspire revolutionise revolutionize | |
| Related terms: | indoctrinate galvaniser | |
| 3. | [ verb ] contaminate with a disease or microorganism | |
| Synonyms: | taint | |
| Related terms: | disinfect pollute smut superinfect contamination | |
| 4. | [ verb ] contaminate with ideas or an ideology | |
| Examples: | "society was infected by racism" |
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| Related terms: | corrupt | |
| 5. | [ verb ] affect in a contagious way | |
| Examples: | "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room" |
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| Related terms: | affect contagion | |
| Similar spelling: |
infected infective infection in_fact invest invective infest in_effect investor invested infested in_focus investing |
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