Contract and Transmit

Contract

Contract verb - To become affected with (a disease or disorder).

Transmit is an antonym for contract.

Transmit

Transmit verb - To cause (something) to pass from one to another.
Usage example: sneezing and coughing can transmit disease

Contract is an antonym for transmit.

Common collocations

disease contract disease transmit disease
plague contract plague transmit plague
infection contract infection transmit infection
virus contract virus transmit virus
Other words: diseases, lycanthropy.
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