Infect and Pester

Infect

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

Pester and infect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pester" instead an adjective "Infect".

Nearby Words: infection, infective, infecting

Pester

Pester verb - To thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation.

Infect and pester are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Infect" instead an adjective "Pester".

Nearby Word: pestering

Common collocations

people infect people pester people
someone infect someone pester someone
crew infect crew pester crew
player infect player pester player
Other words: enemy, friends, players.
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