Infect [verb]

Definition of Infect:

pollute, contaminate

Synonyms of Infect:


Opposite/Antonyms of Infect:

Help

Protect

Aid

Purify


Sentence/Example of Infect:

The question of how the virus probably jumped from bats to infect humans has been a mystery since the start of the outbreak.

If a nursing-home patient was infected at his home but died in a hospital, it wasn’t counted.

People may continue to get infected with the virus, but the infections are not as severe.

It has infected more than 100 million others, and new variants threaten another surge in cases even as vaccines have begun to roll out.

You just don’t know if they’re infected, so, as difficult as that is, at least this time around, just lay low and cool it.

She later learned that several crew members were infected and that a man in her group had died.

Nymphs infected as larvae can spread the bacteria to other hosts, including people.

I wouldn’t want newly vaccinated people to think that they have an unconditional pass to return to their pre-pandemic lives, as they could potentially still be carriers who could infect others.

He said he weighs the potential of being attacked — or infected — each day.

Somebody gets infected, they infect less than another person, and then it’s not viable.