Contaminated
Contaminated adjective - Containing foreign or lower-grade substances.
Infect and contaminated are semantically related. in adulterate topic. In some cases you can use "Infect" instead a verb "Contaminated".
Infect
Infect verb - Contaminate with a disease or microorganism.
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Synonyms for Infect
Contaminated and infect are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Contaminated" with "Infect", this verbs are similar.
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Magellan also has a poison that can infect inorganic objects, basically turning his environment into a contaminated biohazard.
Source: Walking Wasteland -
Downer Ending: The kids buying and selling lemonade made with contaminated water are infected with the virus and will most likely infect the rest of the townspeople, and the water is bottled and shipped to another part of the country.
Source: Film / Cabin Fever
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