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Infests

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overrunverb(transitive) To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively.
infectsverb(transitive) To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it.
pervadesverb(transitive) To be in every part of; to spread through; to permeate.
invadesverb(transitive) To enter by force, usually in order to conquer.
permeatesverb(transitive) To enter and spread through; to pervade.
plaguesverb(transitive) To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.
colonizesverb(transitive) To settle (a place) with colonists, and hence make (a place) into a colony.
destroysverb(ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
predominatesverb(intransitive) To dominate, have control, or succeed by superior numbers or size.
afflictsverb(transitive) To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
befoulingverb(literally) To make foul; to soil; to contaminate, pollute.
spawnsverb(transitive) To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.
dominatesverbTo govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
metastasizesverb(intransitive, medicine, of a disease or tumor) To spread to other sites in the body; to undergo metastasis.
annihilatesverbTo reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.
festersverb(intransitive) To become septic; to become rotten.
blightsverb(transitive) (figurative) To impede the development or growth of (an aspect of life); to damage, to ruin, to spoil.
engulfsverb(transitive) To surround; to cover; to submerge.
smothersverb(transitive) To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
inhabitsverb(transitive) To live or reside in.

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