Contract
Overcome
Overcome verb - To achieve a victory over.
Contract and overcome are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contract" instead a verb "Overcome".
Nearby Word: overcoming
Both words in one sentence
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There is also a changing breed in the World of Darkness called the Ratkin, that are sometimes born as humans (that have the ratkin genetics) and contract a disease that, should they overcome it, turns them into wererats.
Source: Rodents of Unusual Size
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