Infect and Misuse

Infect

Infect verb - Contaminate with a disease or microorganism.
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Synonyms for Infect

Misuse and infect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Misuse" instead a verb "Infect".

Nearby Words: infection, infective, infecting

Misuse

Misuse verb - To put to a bad or improper use.

Infect and misuse are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Infect" instead a verb "Misuse".

Nearby Words: misused, misusing

Common collocations

people infect people misuse people
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