Corruption
Corruption noun - The process by which dead organic matter separates into simpler substances.
Virus and corruption are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Virus" instead a noun "Corruption".
Virus
Virus noun - (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein.
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Corruption and virus are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Corruption" instead a noun "Virus".
Nearby Word: viral
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Or perhaps she's about to succumb to The Virus or The Corruption, and she wants to Die As Herself.
Source: Mercy Kill - Recent games (especially from the Science Fiction corner) like to infect their heroes with The Virus or The Corruption in the end of stage one, which power their supernatural abilities for the rest of the game.
Source: Second Hour Superpower -
Similarly on Elysia, after Ghor succumbed to Phazon corruption and started infecting the robotic Elysians with a virus, one of the last left records of their culture for others to find.
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