Parasites
Vampires
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- leech and parasites
- leech and vampires
- bloodsucker and parasites
- bloodsucker and vampires
- barnacles and parasites
- barnacles and vampires
- bums and parasites
- bums and vampires
- sycophants and parasites
- sycophants and vampires
- ticks and parasites
- ticks and vampires
- sponges and parasites
- sponges and vampires
Both words in one sentence
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The comic also combines this trope with a streak of populist anti-elitism, with the narrator describing vampires as parasites who contributed nothing to society while exploiting its weakest and most vulnerable members.
Source: Vampires Are Rich - Scott Westerfeld does this in Peeps, where vampires, and all of their traits, such as being afraid of sunlight and mirrors and crosses are explained away as parasites affecting brain chemistry.
Source: Doing In the Wizard -
The Worm That Walks: The vampires gain their abilities because of the thousands of parasites that infest their bodies.
Source: Series / The Strain TV Series
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