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infest

verb

1 infest

Invade in great numbers:
— The roaches infested our kitchen.

synonym: overrun.

Roget 830: cause pain, occasion pain, give pain, bring pain, induce pain, produce pain, create pain, inflict pain etc. 828; pain, hurt, wound.    pinch, ... show more

2 infest

Occupy in large numbers or live on a host:
— The Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North.

synonyms: invade, overrun.

3 infest

Live on or in a host, as of parasites.


Moby thesaurus: beset, crawl with, creep with, flood, infiltrate, inundate, invade, overrun, overspread, overswarm, penetrate, permeate, pervade, plague, ravage, swarm, swarm over, swarm with.

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