Attack and Infest

Attack

Attack verb - To take sudden, violent action against.

Infest and attack are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Infest" instead a verb "Attack".

Infest

Infest verb - To spread or swarm over in a troublesome manner.
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Synonyms for Infest

Attack and infest are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attack" instead a verb "Infest".

Common collocations

character attack character infest character
area attack area infest area
village attack village infest village
colony attack colony infest colony
Other words: house, earth, world, anyone, town, city, enemy, everyone, humans, victims, creatures.

Both words in one sentence

  • Recap / Doctor Who S34 E7 "Kill the Moon" Lundvik calls the moon-creature an "exoparasite" and assumes that if allowed to hatch, it will attack or infest the Earth.
  • Video Game / Serious Sam Puppeteer Parasite: An odd case in BFE's "Technopolyps", which infest machines rather than people — in this case, attack helicopters.
  • Video Game / Arc Angle Wormicides will attack and eat Cellivates, Raptorflies will grab and kill Wormicides, Parasight spores will infest and kill Raptorflies, and those spores are absorbed by Cellivates.
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