Contracted
Contracted adjective - Reduced in size or pulled together.
Spread
Spread verb - To cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people.
Contracted is an antonym for spread.
Both words in one sentence
- Then we find out that Mai's own attempt at halting the spread of the virus was utterly pointless, as Ando contracted it by reading Asakawa's notes on the video.
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