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Verb
S:
(v)
infect
(communicate a disease to)
"Your children have infected you with this head cold"
S:
(v)
infect
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taint
(contaminate with a disease or microorganism)
S:
(v)
infect
(corrupt with ideas or an ideology)
"society was infected by racism"
S:
(v)
infect
(affect in a contagious way)
"His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room"
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