Infested and Overrun

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Overrun and infested are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Overrun" instead the word "Infested" as an adjective or a verb.

Nearby Words: infestation, infesting

Overrun verb - To enter for conquest or plunder.

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Infested and overrun are semantically related. You can use "Infested" instead an adjective "Overrun".

For instance, he runs a report about a colonial Command Center that had been overrun and infested by the then-recently-discovered Zerg Swarm.

Source: Censor Decoy
Dungeon Town: Most towns seem completely infested by monsters, and some of these even have normally functioning shops despite, say, being overrun by giant insects.

Source: Video Game / Yendorian Tales Book I Chapter 2
In the Tales of Tomorrow episode "Red Dust", space explorers who've just visited a once-populated world overrun by Red Goo discover the pink crystalline "dust" has infested their ship as well

Source: Grey Goo

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