💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Infests"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| dominatesverb | To 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. |
| annihilatesverb | To 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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